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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 114265-13

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 114265-14 SunOS 5.9_x86: in.dhcpd and 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_x86

Sun OS Release: 5.9_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 112837

Topic: 

SunOS 5.9_x86: in.dhcpd and libresolv patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4353836 4678758 4700305 4721862 4777715 4793327 4796596 4805812 4810893 4840208 4863307 4874895 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:

114354-11

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

113719-06 115698-02 (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/dns/cylink.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/dnssafe.so.1
/usr/lib/dns/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/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 114265-12)
 
6580417 Solaris 9 libresolv patches and DHCP patches are hard-dependent on each other
 
(from 114265-11)
 
6340650 in.dhcpd: must initialize statp structure before calling res_ninit()
6487719 libdhcpdu: must initialize statp structure before calling res_ninit()
 
(from 114265-10)
 
6418659 DHCP server provides bad address 0.0.0.0
6428870 in.dhcpd incorrectly reports 'Invalid value for option: LOGGING_FACILITY'
 
(from 114265-09)
 
5074510 in.dhcpd dumps core in dhcp_offer
 
(from 114265-08)
 
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 114265-07)
 
4932150 DHCP DDNS updates fail because defunct records aren't deleted
 
(from 114265-06)
 
5086331 DHCP server doesn't reply to DHCPREQUEST, appears to treat as expired offer
 
(from 114265-05)
 
5098448 dhcpd offers duplicate IP-address in case of delayed releases
 
(from 114265-04)
 
        Patch respun to explicitly require patch 115698-02.
 
(from 114265-03)
 
4981080 in.dhcpd does not DNS dynamic update if the DHCP client is WindowsNT4,98,95
 
(from 114265-02)
 
4678758 DHCP server complains unnecessarily when responding to DHCPINFORM clients
 
(from 114265-01)
 
4721862 in.dhcpd on multi-interface machine sometimes answers on wrong interface
 
(from 114354-11)
 
6248700 (rework) memory leak in libresolv
6337595 core dump - res_nsend() always assumes statp->_u._ext.ext not being NULL
 
(from 114354-10)
 
6300853 libresolv net_data_init should not increment once until it is done initializing
6527020 libresolv does not handle mutexes correctly
 
(from 114354-09)
 
6248700 memory leak in libresolv
 
(from 114354-08)
 
6315143 named could make unnecessary queries for glue if the additional section was full
 
(from 114354-07)
 
6205056 res_nint should return true when last interface has only 1 ip address and is deprecated
 
(from 114354-06)
 
4863307 nsupdate fails with more than 14 NS records for Bind 8.2.2 and 8.2.4
 
(from 114354-05)
 
4928758 Negative Cache Poison Attack
 
(from 114354-04)
 
4874895 S9 x86 patches for 4353836 needs to be respun with correct dependencies
 
(from 114354-03)
 
4353836 if more than 255 file descriptors are already open then gethostbyname fails
 
(from 114354-02)
 
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 114354-01)
 
4777715 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in BIND - CERT Advisory CA-2002-31
4700305 nslookup does not follow its 'srchlist' under some circumstances

Revision History: 

114265-07 114265-05 114265-04 114265-10 114354-11 114265-02 114265-08 114265-12 114265-06 114265-11 114265-09

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 bugids 4353836 (if more than 255 file
         descriptors are open then gethostbyname fails) and 4874895 (S9 x86
         patches for 4353836 need to be respun with correct dependencies),
         please also install the following patches:
 
         115546-02 (or greater)  nss_files patch
         115551-02 (or greater)  nss_user patch
         115543-02 (or greater)  nss_compat.so.1 patch

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