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

Patch 27064.00
OSFOBSOLETE540
• Updates Tru64 UNIX version information in accordance with HP rebranding efforts.
Patch 27065.00
• 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.
OSFOEMBASE540
Patch 27068.00
OSFPGMR540
• Updates sysconfig to use the cluster interconnect, thereby allowing for a greater SSI
collaboration. This will help with changing variables on hung systems, single user systems,
and normal running systems.
• Corrects several potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances, system
integrity may be compromised. These may be in the form of improper file or privilege
management.
• Corrects a core dump problem that occurs when output of the lint command for nonexisting
file is supplied to error.
• Fixes many small problems in dsfmgr.
• Fixes various problems in the dbx and object file tools dbx, ostrip, strip, mcs, dis, cord, file,
and stdump.
• Provides protection against a class of potential security vulnerabilities called buffer overflows.
Buffer overflows are sometimes exploited in an attempt to subvert the function of a privileged
program and possibly execute commands at the elevated privileges if the program file has
the setuid privilege. This patch allows a system administrator to enable memory management
protections that limit potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
• Corrects a problem that occurs when stdin, stdout and stderr are closed and cfg_connect
fails to connect to cfgmgr.
Patch 27069.00
OSFPRINT540
• Corrects a problem that exists with print jobs submitted on clusters that occurs when an
“on”attribute in /etc/printcap is specified for one node and a job is submitted on another
node.
• Modifies lpd to fix /etc/hosts.lpd case sensitivity; for example, "node.domain" treated the
same as "Node.Domain."
• Makes start-up scripts in /sbin/init.d world readable.
• Improves printing (lpd) maintainability, including the addition of new DEBUG lpr.log
messages, a DEBUG message screening feature, and an improved remote printing
connection-retry scheme.
• Fixes a problem in which job pages are missing when the jj printcap flag is set to 1.
• Fixes a problem in which temporary files are left in root (/) when lpd gets bad file names
from /etc/printcap.
• Provides new delay timers to address timing problems.
• Provides a new syslog DEBUG message for lpr.log to debug bad remote job file names.
• Fixes a problem that causes queues that use the lpf output filter (and potentially other output
filters) to hang when the print subsystem is used heavily; for example, 300 queues used
continuously.
134 Tru64 UNIX Patches