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

Patch 28009.00
OSFBASE540
• Fixes the RPC (TCP) connection reset problem when receiving XDR EOR packet
without data( zero sized XDR EOR fragment).
• Fixes find(1) to match the pathname, if the base file name of the pathname
matches the pattern specified in -name, even when the pathname has trailing
slash(es).
• Fixes a problem in scanf family of functions when format specifier is %%.
• Fixes an issue with fopen(),fdopen() and popen().
• Fixes a failure in printf family of functions.
• Fixes a problem in /sbin/init.d/cron which prevented the cron daemon
from restarting in Japanese locale.
• Provides additional Fibre Channel HBA port type definitions in the FC-HBA header
file, hbaapi.h.
• Fixes a problem in printf family of functions when number grouping is requested.
• Corrects DST starting 3 December 2006 for Western Australia per the Public Domain
time zone source kit (tzdata2007a).
• Fixes a file descriptor leak in pthread library.
• Update newfs to not set disklabel on newfs failure.
• Fixes problems with the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and the libpacl.so library
routines.
• Fixes a problem in return built-in command of ksh, when it is used in a sub-shell.
• Addresses the issue of sizer v not displaying the updated HP re-brand information
when patch kit is installed on alternative root with -root option of dupatch.
• Removes duplicate lines from df output.
• A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the ps and w commands
on the HP Tru64 UNIX Operating System. The ps and w commands can be used
to disclose environmental variable and argument information that might be
exploited by a local, authorized user.
• Corrects a problem in lpd resulting in creation of many lpd child processes when
the size of /etc/printcap exceeds 8192 bytes.
• Corrects New Zealand DST changes starting September 2007.
• Fixes an issue in /sbin/mountroot script which, under DMS (Dataless
Management Service), would attempt a mount update operation on the NFS root
filesystem.
• Eliminates auditd zombies resulting from combination of syslog failure and
auditd overflow handler.
• Fixes a problem in pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol().
• Fixes dumpfs to report the proper error message. Updates dumpfs to handle
filesystem images.
82 Tru64 UNIX Patches