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

• Corrects a problem with the “rcmgr set” command.
• Fixes a POSIX standard violation in the strfmon() function by causing preceding
and following spaces to be padded to the return value to make an equal length
between positive and negative values.
• Fixes the getnameinfo routine to display an IPv4 address instead of an IPv4 mapped
IPv6 address when the BIND mapping does not exist.
• Fixes issues with "disklabel -e" that occur when extending a disk partition currently
in use and open.
• Allows the fsdb utility to work on a file system image contained in a regular file,
as well as a device. Previously, fsdb could analyze only special files, not regular
files.
• Corrects a memory leak problem associated with the clu_get_info API seen on
stand-alone systems.
• Corrects potential security vulnerabilities in the gzip program. These vulnerabilities
could be exploited by a remote unauthorized user to execute arbitrary code or
cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
• Fixes a POSIX standard violation in the wcstod() function. Previously, an incorrect
pointer was set to the endptr parameter of wcstod() for cases where no conversion
was made.
• Fixes the awk command to ensure that the -f option exhibits the right behavior
with numeric strings.
• Modifies the ex command to return 1 as the exit status when a read-only option
with write fails.
• Changes the return value of swprintf() so it returns the correct value if swprintf()
detects an invalid wide-character.
• Fixes the awk command to ensure that operands that begin with a numeric character
or “=” are considered as valid pathnames.
• Updates the time zone data files in /etc/zoneinfo/ to include the most recent changes
from the latest PD time zone source kit (tzdata2005n).
• Fixes a problem whereby the /proc file system could remain open after a debugging
application exits.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability issue that could result in unauthorized
privileged access or denial of service (DoS)
• Implements the FC-HBA standard
• Modifies the cksum command to report the correct file size in the xpg4 environment
when the file is greater than 4GB.
• Fixes the problem of syslogd dying intermittently when sent a SIGHUP to
reconfigure.
• Fixes the problem of a core dump occurring while running the fsck command on
a fake UFS file system.
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