OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 111300-04


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Keywords: security aspppd pap ppp maxconnect timeout sigsegv pppd pppoe fifo
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108994-18 SunOS 5.8_x86: PPP patch
Date: Sep/06/2002


Install Requirements: See Special Install Instructions

Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 111299

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: PPP patch
	NOTE:   Refer to Special Install Instructions section for
                IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architectures: i386

Bugs fixed with this patch:

Sun CR # Bug #
126452314921564
409880114951365
432847615021411
441014215051362
441945415054398
442154715055063
442154815055065
442154915055068
445272615062751
451601115083640
451763215084147
468301515107268


Changes incorporated in this version: 4683015

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 111082-01 111465-01 111781-01

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch: 110400-01 (or greater)

Obsoleted by: 108994-18

Files included with this patch:

/etc/asppp.cf
/etc/init.d/asppp
/etc/init.d/pppd
/etc/name_to_major
/etc/pam.conf
/etc/rc0.d/K50asppp
/etc/rc0.d/K50pppd
/etc/rc1.d/K50asppp
/etc/rc1.d/K50pppd
/etc/rc2.d/S47asppp
/etc/rc2.d/S47pppd
/etc/rcS.d/K50asppp
/etc/rcS.d/K50pppd
/etc/security/exec_attr
/usr/bin/pppd
/usr/include/net/ppp-comp.h
/usr/include/net/ppp_defs.h
/usr/include/net/pppio.h
/usr/include/net/vjcompress.h
/usr/include/netinet/if_ether.h
/usr/kernel/drv/sppp
/usr/kernel/drv/sppptun
/usr/kernel/drv/sppptun.conf
/usr/kernel/strmod/spppasyn
/usr/kernel/strmod/spppcomp
/usr/kernel/strmod/sppptun
/usr/lib/adb/ppp_stats
/usr/lib/adb/pppstat
/usr/lib/adb/sppa
/usr/lib/adb/sppp_ahdlc
/usr/lib/adb/sppp_comp
/usr/lib/adb/spppstr
/usr/lib/adb/vjcompress
/usr/lib/adb/vjstat
/usr/lib/llib-lpam
/usr/lib/mdb/kvm/sppp.so
/usr/sbin/aspppd
/usr/sbin/aspppls
/usr/share/src/ppputil/plugins/pppd.h

Problem Description:

4683015 aspppls unsafely opens /tmp/.asppp.fifo file
 
(from 111300-03)
 
4516011 pppd fails with "Failed to open /dev/hihp0: Device busy" error
4517632 pppd erroneously falls back on Configure-Reject for Magic-Number
 
(from 111300-02)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111465-01.
 
(from 111300-01)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111082-01.
 
(from 111082-01)
 
1264523 The aspppd must be restarted when a new PAP identification is added.
4098801 request to allow to turn off hardware flow control feature on ppp
4410142 libpam does not lint cleanly
 
(from 111465-01)
 
4328476 RFE: PPPoE (RFC 2516) client support in Solaris
4421547 uts/common/io/ppp/sppp/sppp.c includes __DATE__ and __TIME__
4421548 uts/common/io/ppp/spppasyn/spppasyn.c includes __DATE__ and __TIME__
4421549 uts/common/io/ppp/spppcomp/spppcomp.c includes __DATE__ and __TIME__
4419454 idle option doesn't work if lcp-echo-interval/chap-interval is used
 
(from 111781-01)
 
4452726 maxconnect timeout causes SIGSEGV


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 7-9 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:
-----------------------------
 
Reboot the system after patch installation.
 
	NOTE 1: To get the complete feature for Solaris 8 PPP 4.0, one
                needs to install the following packages from the Solaris
                8 Update 5 (07/01) Release:
 
                SUNWpppd        (Solaris PPP Device Drivers)
                SUNWpppdr       (Solaris PPP configuration files)
                SUNWpppdu       (Solaris PPP daemon and utilities)
                SUNWpppg        (GNU utilities for PPP)
                SUNWpppgS       (Source for the GNU utilities for PPP)
 
	NOTE 2:	To get the complete support for PPP over Ethernet,
		please install the new package
 
		SUNWpppdt (Solaris PPP Tunneling)
 
		from Solaris 8 Update 6 (10/01) Release and the
		following patches:
 
		108965-06 (or newer)    /usr/sbin/snoop patch
		111300-02 (or newer)	PPP patch


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