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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 112837-14

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 112837-15 SunOS 5.9: in.dhcpd & libresolv patch

Date:  Oct/08/2007

Installation Requirements:

Perform a reconfigure reboot after installing this patch to activate the changes delivered.  An alternative may be specified in the Special Install Instructions.                      
                      Use Single User Mode (run level S) when installing this patch on an active boot environment.  An alternative may be specified in the Special Install Instructions.

Solaris Release: 9

Sun OS Release: 5.9

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 114265

Topic: 

SunOS 5.9: in.dhcpd & libresolv patch

Relevant Architecture: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4353836 4621740 4646349 4678758 4700305 4708913 4721862 4777715 4793327 4796596 4805812 4810893 4840208 4863307 4928758 4932150 4944796 4981080 5074510 5086331 5098448 6205056 6220012 6248700 6300853 6315143 6337595 6340650 6418659 6428870 6487719 6527020 6580417 6596938

Changes incorporated in this version:

6596938

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

112970-12

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

113319-12 115697-02 (or greater)

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/usr/include/arpa/nameser.h
/usr/include/arpa/nameser_compat.h
/usr/include/netdb.h
/usr/include/resolv.h
/usr/lib/abi/abi_libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/abi/sparcv9/abi_libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/dns/cylink.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/dnssafe.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/irs.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/sparcv9/cylink.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/sparcv9/dnssafe.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/sparcv9/irs.so.1
/usr/lib/inet/dhcp/nsu/rfc2136.so.1
/usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd
/usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/llib-lresolv
/usr/lib/llib-lresolv.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lresolv.ln
/usr/sbin/dig
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen
/usr/sbin/in.named
/usr/sbin/named-xfer
/usr/sbin/ndc
/usr/sbin/nslookup
/usr/sbin/nsupdate

Problem Description: 

6596938 BIND 8 generates cryptographically weak DNS query IDs
 
(from 112837-13)
 
6580417 Solaris 9 libresolv patches and DHCP patches are hard-dependent on each other
 
(from 112837-12)
 
6340650 in.dhcpd: must initialize statp structure before calling res_ninit()
6487719 libdhcpdu: must initialize statp structure before calling res_ninit()
 
(from 112837-11)
 
6418659 DHCP server provides bad address 0.0.0.0
6428870 in.dhcpd incorrectly reports 'Invalid value for option: LOGGING_FACILITY'
 
(from 112837-10)
 
5074510 in.dhcpd dumps core in dhcp_offer
 
(from 112837-09)
 
4840208 secondary assigning addresses owned by primary
4944796 fixes for 4840208, 4872379 removed part of fix for 4678758 due to mismerge
6220012 PXE boot does not work / in.dhcpd unicasts to wrong IP address
 
(from 112837-08)
 
4932150 DHCP DDNS updates fail because defunct records aren't deleted
 
(from 112837-07)
 
5086331 DHCP server doesn't reply to DHCPREQUEST, appears to treat as expired offer
 
(from 112837-06)
 
5098448 dhcpd offers duplicate IP-address in case of delayed releases
 
(from 112837-05)
 
        Patch respun to explicitly require patch 115697-02.
 
(from 112837-04)
 
4981080 in.dhcpd does not DNS dynamic update if the DHCP client is WindowsNT4,98,95
 
(from 112837-03)
 
4678758 DHCP server complains unnecessarily when responding to DHCPINFORM clients
 
(from 112837-02)
 
4721862 in.dhcpd on multi-interface machine sometimes answers on wrong interface
 
(from 112837-01)
 
4621740 DHCP server handles duplicate options in a dhcptab macro incorrectly
 
(from 112970-12)
 
6248700 (rework) memory leak in libresolv
6337595 core dump - res_nsend() always assumes statp->_u._ext.ext not being NULL
 
(from 112970-11)
 
6300853 libresolv net_data_init should not increment once until it is done initializing
6527020 libresolv does not handle mutexes correctly
 
(from 112970-10)
 
6248700 memory leak in libresolv
 
(from 112970-09)
 
6315143 named could make unnecessary queries for glue if the additional section was full
 
(from 112970-08)
 
6205056 res_nint should return true when last interface has only 1 ip address and is deprecated
 
(from 112970-07)
 
4863307 nsupdate fails with more than 14 NS records for Bind 8.2.2 and 8.2.4
 
(from 112970-06)
 
4928758 Negative Cache Poison Attack
 
(from 112970-05)
 
4353836 if more than 255 file descriptors are already open then gethostbyname fails
 
(from 112970-04)
 
4793327 BIND needs to be upgraded to BIND 8.3 to support IPv6
4796596 BIND 8.3.3 server handling of TSIG HMAC-MD5 broken
4805812 in.named version needs to reflect putback of BIND 8.3.3
4810893 UNIX98: *netdb.h* VSU test fails due to violation of X/Open namespace
 
(from 112970-03)
 
4777715 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in BIND - CERT Advisory CA-2002-31
4700305 nslookup does not follow its 'srchlist' under some circumstances
 
(from 112970-02)
 
4708913 CERT Advisory CA-2002-19 Buffer Overflow in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries
 
(from 112970-01)
 
4646349 libresolv.so.2 leaks memory in multi-threaded programs

Revision History: 

112837-10 112837-05 112837-06 112837-11 112837-09 112837-13 112837-02 112837-01 112837-12 112970-12 112837-08 112837-03 112837-07

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 7-10 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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NOTE 1:  To get the complete fix for bugid 4353836 (if more than 255 file
         descriptors are open then gethostbyname fails), please also install
         the following patches:
 
         115545-01 (or greater)  nss_files patch
         115544-01 (or greater)  nss_compat patch
         115542-01 (or greater)  nss_user patch

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, August 8, 2008