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

• Changes the use of the configuration file /etc/svc.conf to /etc/nsswitch.conf to allow
netgroup data to be provided from LDAP, rather than only from NIS.
• Fixes performance tool failures on Sierra Clusters Parallel File Systems.
• Corrects an inaccurate error message in spike optimizer.
Patch 27075.00
OSFSER540
• Fixes a panic on a system with an Oxygen VX1 graphics card when the X server
is killed while it is starting up.
• Fixes a problem in which the X server shared memory extension sometimes does
not display images properly in windows of depth 16 or 24.
• Corrects a problem that occurs with the Oxygen VX1 graphics card in which
XCopyPlane copies all bitplanes rather than only the requested bitplane.
• Fixes a memory leak in the X server PanoramiX/Xinerama Extension that can cause
a process to core dump.
• Fixes a problem in which the X server's command line option to turn off VESA
Display Power Management Signalling (-dpms) does not work.
• Corrects a problem that can cause the X server to hang every 49 days on systems
with PowerStorm 4D40T, 4D50T, 4D51T, or 4D60T graphics options.
• Fixes a problem in which the X server may crash if the RADEON layered product
kit is installed, 3D rendering is disabled, and a client queries the GLX extension.
• Corrects a potential file permissions vulnerability and a potential buffer overflow
in the X Window System. The potential vulnerabilities are locally exploitable,
resulting in unauthorized privileged access.
• Fixes a problem with the X server when the PanoramiX extension is enabled in
which clients running on Linux® systems with their displays directed to the Tru64
UNIX X server will fail to start.
• Fixes a problem in the X server that causes mouse buttons to stop working as
expected.
Patch 27077.00
OSFSERVICETOOLS540
• Corrects a problem that can cause the collect utility to die from a memory access
fault on systems with a large number of AdvFS domains and filesets.
• Provides the collect utility with support for long disk names.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability that could result in non-privileged users
gaining unauthorized privileged access on the system.
• Provides the ability for the collect utility to salvage data files with missing
termination records.
3.4 Summary of Base Operating System Patches 189