OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 109323-09


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Keywords: security libnsl crash rpcbind getipnodebyname clnt_dg_call
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108828-16 SunOS 5.8_x86: libnsl patch
Date: Nov/07/2001


Install Requirements: None

Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 109322

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: libnsl patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

Bugs fixed with this patch:

Sun CR # Bug #
428372615003774
430259215010902
430585915012289
432066115018149
432739615020968
433633215024884
435400715032133
435656715033108
435726615033402
437414215039411
445589615063639


Changes incorporated in this version: 4455896

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by: 108828-16

Files included with this patch:

/usr/lib/abi/abi_libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/libnsl.a
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1

Problem Description:

4455896 rpc.nispasswdd failed: RPC: .... NIS+ fatal error: 15
 
(from 109323-08)
 
4356567 multiple system daemons loop in clnt_dg_call
 
(from 109323-07)
 
4283726 fsck hangs in phase 4 in getpwuid() call
4327396 nis_modify_entry(): deadlock in rpc_fd_lock() with MT nis table modification
4354007 : xdrmem_putbytes and xdrmem_putlong emit a syslog error message when the buffer
 
(from 109323-06)
 
4374142 RPC services using RPC_SVC_MT_AUTO can stop listening
 
(from 109323-05)
 
4357266 Bad line syntax in /etc/hosts causes host table lookup to abort early
 
(from 109323-04)
 
4336332 svc_getreqset (t_accept) returns illegal file descriptor in Solaris 7/8
 
(from 109323-03)
 
4302592 TLI library is not fork-safe
 
(from 109323-02)
 
4320661 getipnodebyname hangs on mutex when requesting IPv6 literal
 
(from 109323-01)
 
4305859 libnsl security bug.


Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-8 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.


Special Install Instructions:
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None.


README -- Last modified date: Friday, November 9, 2012