HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-5 Patch Summary and Release Notes (March 2009)

Patch 27022.00
OSFDCMT540
• Corrects several potential security vulnerabilities where, under certain
circumstances, system integrity may be compromised. These may be in the form
of improper file or privilege management.
Patch 27023.00
OSFDCMTEXT540
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances,
system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file
or privilege management.
Patch 27026.00
OSFDOSTOOLS540
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances,
system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file
or privilege management.
• Corrects several security vulnerabilities.
• Changes mcopy and mwrite so they can overwrite existing files.
• Changes mtools so they can print appropriate error messages for nonprivileged
users.
• Standardizes the mformat prompt.
Patch 27028.00
OSFENVMON540
• Fixes the envmond daemon to use EVM events for monitoring environmental
events.
• Fixes envmond to report redundant power supply restoration on systems that
support environmental monitoring through the sysconfig command.
• Modifies the environmental monitoring facilities /usr/sbin/envmond and
/usr/sbin/envconfig to support the AlphaServer GS1280 system.
• Updates envmond to ensure that the correct EVM events are being sent at the
correct time.
• Corrects a problem in which the environmental monitoring daemon does not
display the debug message "proceed ..." when the system is booted.
• Corrects a problem in which envmond sets rc.config variable
ENVMON_HIGH_THRESH to a value read from kernel module if
ENVMON_HIGH_THRESH is null.
• Fixes issues with temperature threshold handling in envmond.
152 Tru64 UNIX Patches