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<h1>Recommended update for ntp</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2025:3686-1</td>
</tr>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-10-21T05:45:06Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222865">bsc#1222865</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233890">bsc#1233890</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247587">bsc#1247587</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that has three fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for ntp fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fix a crash when calling "sntp -d" (bsc#1247587).</li>
<li>Update source URL.</li>
<li>Multiple bug fixes and improvements.</li>
<li>chown refclock device to ntp user on startup (bsc#1233890).</li>
<li>Improve the handling of the process name of the forked-off DNS resolver process.</li>
<li>Allow certain usages of MD5 in FIPS mode. (bsc#1222865)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-3686=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p18-150000.4.28.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222865">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222865</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233890">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233890</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247587">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247587</a>
</li>
</ul>
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