HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1.B-4 Patch Summary and Release Notes (13156)

• Corrects a problem in which the mailsetup command does not allow changes to the local
user list in a noncluster environment.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability that may result in unauthorized Privileged Access
or a Denial of Service (DoS). This may be in the form of local and remote security domain
risks.
(SSRT2384 rpc — Severity - High)
• Adds support for NEW_OPEN_MAX_SYSTEM (64K) file descriptors to libaio.
• Corrects a problem in which a DNS resolver routines never time out if interrupted by signals.
• Corrects a problem in which the pop3d command dumps core when SSO (single sign-on)
is configured.
• Corrects a problem in which long-running programs using Enhanced Security interfaces
(such as getespwnam) directly grow in memory use over time.
• Provides an RFC3542 compliant implementation of IPv6 Advanced API.
• Fixes a ksh core dump problem that occurs when too many files are opened; for example,
when executing too many scripts simultaneously.
• Fixes the more command to handle multibyte character properly.
• Fixes a nonconcurrency issue for multithreaded applications calling popen() and certain
"FILE *" routines such as fread().
• Corrects the /sbin/sulogin utility to read values correctly from the /etc/rc.config.common
and /etc/rc.config.site files.
• Fixes a deadlock condition in multithreaded applications that call fork() and other libc
callback routines such as exit handlers, __fini_* routines.
• Eliminate spurious "dlm_tsl_set: abort: resource name changed" messages and the associated
authentication failures when /var/tcb/files is no longer in the /var file system.
• Installs DECthreads V3.20-049a, which fixes a condition that may cause some threaded
applications to hang.
• Fixes a problem with the find command that occurs when it is used with -follow option on
symbolic links to a directory.
• Adds support for latest version of the bcm card.
• Corrects a condition in which Multiple "Sorry" messages are issued by the su command
when multiple SIA mechanisms are in use (as when LDAP is configured for user accounts).
• Updates Mobile IPv6 code to be compliant with the latest RFC.
• Modifies the /usr/sbin/versw_enable_delete script, which is used to enable the deletion of
version switched patches.
• Enhances the audit_tool to enable a user to specify a path to archived audit logs that the
audit_tool will follow for all logs instead of the path recorded in the audit_log_change events
(which by default is /var/audit).
• Fixes an error reported by dbx when the process being debugged terminates.
• Corrects a problem in which the evmshow command hangs when processing an invalid
evm.buf file.
• Corrects a problem in which the system hangs at boot due to evmd processing an invalid
evm.buf file.
• Fixes a vold threads problem in which LSM devices may be incorrectly recorded as disk
clones when LSM starts up.
• Provides a new LSM EVM event that is posted when LSM is processing clusterwide plex
detaches.
• Corrects a problem in which xdmcp terminal failures are not logged within the terminal
control database for Enhanced Security.
• Corrects a problem in which the Mail program would occasionally generate duplicate file
names when invoking the editor.
3.4 Summary of Base Operating System Patches 89