SUMMARY: What patches are needed for 4.1.2

From: Simon Shickman (simon@horizon.huji.ac.il)
Date: Wed May 13 1992 - 05:52:02 CDT


Managers,

the request was:
>Does anyone has a list of patches that are advisable to install on SunOS 4.1.2
>and a list of patches that are advisable to install for OW3.
>Also, is there an anonymous ftp site that has those patches.

The answer about the ftp site is NO, there is no official site, but
one can try to use archie to search for a known patch name.

I would like to thank all of you that answered the query.

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From: kevinmac@ll.mit.edu (Kevin McElearney)

You can get a list of patches from many different sites. Use archie and search
for a known patch name (e.g. 100224-03) to find the closest to you. Sun also
has a dial in bulletin board with every available patch (call your sales rep).
The are many ftp sites with selected patches, but none, that I know of, with
all.

Sun discourages sites from freely distributing the patches via anonymous ftp.
It has something to do with licensing :(

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From: stern@sunne.east.sun.com (Hal Stern - NE Area Systems Engineer)
 
OWN 3.0 runs just fine on sunos 4.1.2; if you're putting 4.1.2
on a 600MP machine you should probably install patches 100542
and 100575. there are no "official" anonymous ftp sites,
since most are updated at random. i'm pressing sun to set
up an "official" one.
 
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From: Matt Crawford <matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu>

The following security fixes are applicable to 4.1.2:

100103-10 100296-02 100383-04 100448-01 100564-01
100188-02 100305-07 100387-02 100478-01

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From: "(Alain Brossard EPFL-SIC/SII)" <brossard@sasun1.epfl.ch>

        This is the current list I always install on new
installations:

100103-10 change file permissions to a more secure mode
100125-05 telnet, previous sessions output, security
100188-02 TIOCCONS, pty can get output from another application
100224-03 program "mail" "rmail" problem in delivering mail
100249-03 automounter JUMBO patch
100272-04 in.comsat daemon fails with 8-character login names
100296-02 netgroup exports to world via rpc.mountd
100303-02 system freezes using loopback interface
100305-07 lpd can be used to delete any file on the system
100359-04 streams jumbo patch
100377-02 Sendmail.mx doesn't recognize wildcard , forward uid's big
100383-04 rdist security enhancement
100425-01 whois gets host unknown when using the hard coded NICHOST
100469-01 cdrom mount error messages
100505-01 Zero length directories can be left on system
100507-01 tmpfs can cause data initialization with Fortran on SunOS
100564-01 C2 Jumbo, rpc.yppasswdd rpc.pwdauthd

        Not mentionned is a local patch to make ypserv and ypxfrd
secure. Sun will be coming out soon with a patch for those.
A complete list of sun-patches can be had from my ftp anonymous
sasun1.epfl.ch:pub/sun-patch-list
   (it is a couple weeks however).

                                                Alain
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From: Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au>

I don't know if this is all of them but these are the ones I have
installed.

        100075-08 lockd jumbo patch
        100170-07 Jumbo ld patch
        100188-02 pty can get output from another application
        100224-03 "mail" "rmail" problem in delivering mail
        100249-03 automounter JUMBO patch
        100303-02 system freezes using loopback interface
        100305-07 lpd can be used to delete any file on the system
        100338-04 system crashes with assertion failed panic
        100342-02 NIS client needs long recovery time if ...
        100359-04 streams jumbo patch
        100383-04 rdist security enhancement
        100407-03 accounting files are corrupted when commands ...
        100448-01 OpenWindows 3.0: loadmodule is a security hole.
        100452-07 XView 3.0 jumbo library patch for multiple bugs
        100458-01 Setitimer sometimes fails to deliver a SIGALRM.
        100484-01 esp0 appears about 20 times a day on console
        100490-01 patches for libxpg
        100492-01 OpenWindows V3: olwm patch for olwm: Warning ...
        100493-01 OpenWindows V3: Binder core dumps ...
        100493-02 OpenWindows V3: Binder CTE Jumbo Patch
        100494-01 munmap'ing ctl register page clobbers shmem ...
        100505-01 Zero length directories can be left on system
        100507-01 tmpfs fix
        100516-01 increase HEAPBYTES to prevent system hangs
        100524-02 OpenWindows 3.0: Classing Engine (libce) Patch
        100527-01 rsh uses old-style selects instead of 4.0 ...
        100529-01 OpenWindows V3: textedit core dumps during exit
        100544-01 Mailtool x.400 address patch
        100532-01 libc jumbo patch (International)
        100536-01 NFS can cause panic: assertion failed crashes
        100537-01 async i/o peaks can hang system
        100539-01 umount of busy hsfs filesystem causes panic ...
        100556-02 cpio data corruption when 2 inodes have same ...
        100564-01 C2 Jumbo patch

I am still waiting on Sun to send me another 6 of them.

Mark.

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From: seeger@thedon.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III)

100075-08 xx 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: lockd jumbo patch
                (4m rpc.lockd cmp'ed not identical to 4&4c; used 4??
100103-10 xx file permissions
100188-02 xx TIOCCONS re-direction
100224-03 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: program "mail" "rmail" problem in delivering mail
100249-03 xx 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: automounter JUMBO patch
100272-04 x in.comsat daemon fails with 8-character login names ???
100274-02 xx 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: dup biodone related panics
100296-02 r rpc.mountd
100302-01 x doswindows:Files on the network drives can be truncated when access
ed simultaneously
100303-02 xx system freezes using loopback interface
100305-07 r lpd/lpr, combines fixes for patch 100301-01
100318-01 x C 1.1: problem with code generator handles comparisons of bitfield
???
100332-05 x Fortran 1.4: Fixes several fortran bugs
100338-04 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: system crashes with assertion failed panic
100342-02 xx 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: NIS client needs long recovery time if server rebo
ots
100347-02 r 4.1.1;4.1.2: panic's when using fifo's (named pipes) under load
100359-04 xx streams jumbo patch
100365-02 x C++2.1: Need to increase various states-table limits in yacc++ ???
100377-02 x 4.1.1: sendmail.mx ???
100377-03 4.1.1: sendmail.mx ???
100383-04 xx 4.1.1,4.1.2: rdist security
100407-03 xx accounting files corrupted by commands run as nobody
100409-02 r AnswerBook 1.3: printing some AnswerBook "books" fail ???
100410-01 r SunAda 1.0: Trapping for SIGIO with a task entry causes a hardware
100417-02 r Sun Ada 1.0: Major improvements in Sun Ada Xview binding
100425-01 x 4.1.1: whois hardcoded NICHOST
100427-01 x C 1.1, Patch Release: Fixes bug in libm ???
100431-03 x 4.1.1; 4.1.2: Performance improvements for GT
100431-04 r 4.1.1; 4.1.2: Performance improvements for GT
100432-01 x C++ 2.1: Extra dtor call w- goto out of scope
100437-01 r FDDI 2.0: fddi_dnld daemon dies off when the system is started
100441-01 x TNT 2.0: Race condition in TNT ClassItemGroup code ???
100444-05 xx OW3.0 xnews jumbo server patch 3000-10
100444-12 r OW3.0 xnews Server Patch 3000-18
100446-01 SimplifySQL 1.1: reportwrite won't generate break block in correct
place
100448-01 xx OW3.0: loadmodule is a security hole
100451-09 xx OLIT-3.0: CTE Jumbo Patch
100452-07 xx OW3.0: XView 3.0 library patch for multiple bugs
100453-01 x 4.1.2: GT DVMA window size can be increased
100458-01 xx Setitimer can fail to deliver a SIGALRM
                (no sun4 or sun4m versions of the fix)
100462-03 xx OW3.0: moving file to read-only folder will delete original
100462-04 r OW3.0: moving file to read-only folder will delete original
100465-01 x 4.1 4.1 4.1.2 DNS res_send() fails if first nameserver in /etc/reso
lv.conf returns ECONNREFUSED
100469-01 xx cdrom mount error messages
100471-04 x SunPHIGS 2.0 Jumbo patch 4
100474-01 xx Assertion Failure on 1.3GB Elite Drive
                (new format in /usr/etc rather than /usr/kvm??)
100475-01 xx mmap system call on galaxy causes BAD TRAP
100478-01 xx OW3.0: xlock crashes leaving system open
100484-01 xx 4.1.2: esp0 appears about 20 times a day on console
100485-01 x SPARCcompilers 1.0: fflush multiply defined with acc ???
100486-02 r SimplifySQL 1.1: Jumbo patch for OpenWindows Version 3
100488-01 r SunAda 1.0: Incorrect results on a string compare with array slices
100490-01 xx 4.1.2: patches for libxpg
100492-01 OW3.0: olwm patch for olwm: Warning, X Error: BadWindow
100493-01 xx OW3.0: Binder core dumps occasionally on Save)-ranlib libce.sa
100493-02 r OW3.0: Binder core dumps occasionally on Save)-ranlib libce.sa
100494-01 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: munmap'ing ctl register page clobbers shmem buffer
100495-01 xx 4.1.2: asynch I-O on a sun4m machine causes panics
100496-01 xx 4.1.1, 4.1.2: ptrace panic with a memory fault
100497-01 r OW3.0: install_openwin fails and DGA does not work after server is
up
100499-02 xx OW3.0: printtool looks for longest entry instead of first 2
100501-01 x XGL 2.0: xgl colormaps can get lost upon repaint
100505-01 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: Zero length directories can be left on system
100506-01 r 4.1; 4.1.X: mouse arrow goes back when no menu item was chosen
100507-01 xx 4.1.2: tmpfs fix
100510-01 r FDDI 2.0: SMT neighbor loss & NFS timeouts llc framing errors
100511-01 xx 4.1.2: SunDiag cg6test failed on segmentation violation
                All sun4{,c,m} appear identical to cmp and sum; used sun4c.
100512-01 xx OpenWindows 3.0: libXt CTE Jumbo Patch
100512-02 r OpenWindows 3.0: libXt CTE Jumbo Patch
100515-01 x XGL 2.0: out of swap space while drawing floating point multicircle
s
100516-01 x 4.1.2: increase HEAPBYTES to prevent system hangs
100521-01 x 4.1.1;4.1.2: GT crash using screenload if mouse is moving
100522-01 x XGL 2.0: Copy_raster of 1-bit memory rasters does not work on GX
100523-01 xx OW3.0: Calender Manager CTE Jumbo Patch
100524-02 r OW3.0: Classing Engine (libce) Patch
100525-01 xx OW3.0: AudioTool CTE Jumbo Patch
                (includes atool_labels.po: what do you do with it??)
100527-01 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: rsh uses old-style selects instead of 4.0 selects
100529-01 xx OW 3.0: textedit core dumps during exit
100531-01 xx 4.1.2: libc jumbo patch, Domestic Version
100532-01 4.1.2: libc jumbo patch, International
100533-01 x XGL 2.0 Jumbo patch 1
100533-03 r XGL 2.0 jumbo libxgl patch
100534-01 r 4.1.2: nettest dies with segmentation violation
100536-01 xx 4.1.2: NFS can cause panic: assertion failed crashes
100537-01 x 4.1.2: async i-o peaks can hang system
100539-01 xx 4.1.2: umount of busy hsfs filesystem causes panic data fault
100541-01 r SunVision 1.2: certain data set causes sunvoxel core dumps
100542-01 x 4.1.2: MP with cg6 and prestoserve crashes on ipi
100543-01 r 4.x: indent utility with -bl option does not work correctly
100544-01 xx OW3.0: Mailtool x.400 address patch
100547-01 xx 4.1.2: sundiag fputest kvm_open failed
100550-01 x Shading in XGL2.0 on GX is slow compared to PHIGS 1.4.1
100551-01 r 4.1.1, 4.1.2; Backup-Copilot 1.0: jumbo patch
100552-01 x XGL 2.0: XDrawline() will not draw to XGL assigned buffer on GX+
100556-02 r 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: cpio data corruption when 2 inodes have same value
100558-01 r SunC 1.0: acc generates bad code for variable arguments of type
100562-01 r SunPhigs 2.0: I-DEAS (SDRC) on GT requires huge swap space
100564-01 r 4.1.2: C2 Jumbo patch
100566-01 x 4.1.2: system panics with datafault when using nc400
100567-01 r SunOS 4.1.2: mfree panic due to mbuf being freed twice
100568-01 r OW3.0: invalid alarm command causes clock and server to hang
100569-01 r 4.1.2: xnews and mouse freeze running GT accelerated application
100570-01 xx 4.1.1;4.1.2: ie0 ethernet jumbo patch
                (sun4 only, ie0 not supported on sun4m
100575-01 r 4.1.2: MP machines do not perform as well as 4-4XX equivalent
100578-01 XGL 2.0: GS can't write to the rightmost and bottom pixel lines
100580-01 r OW3.0: tnt locks out DGA applications
100581-02 r 4.1.2: scsa st driver not reading past a double EOF
100585-01 r C++ 2.1: Spurious dbx warning message for every extern "C"
100591-01 r 4.1.2: simulated instruction traps cause register corruption on MP
100594-01 r SunVision 1.2: xip library hits window cache boundary



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