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Obsoleted by: 121013-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: traceroute patch


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Status: OBSOLETE
Patch Id: 121013-01
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Summary: Obsoleted by: 121013-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: traceroute patch
Date:  Nov/21/2005
Installation Requirements:
NA
Solaris Release: 10_x86
Sun OS Release: 5.10_x86
Unbundled Product: 
Unbundled Release: 
Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 121012
Topic: 
SunOS 5.10_x86: traceroute patch
Relevant Architecture: i386
BugId's fixed with this patch:

6290611 6290623 6291147 6291879 6298211 6298351

Changes incorporated in this version:

6290623 6291147 6291879 6298211 6298351 6290611

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:
 
Files Included in this Patch: 
/usr/sbin/traceroute
Problem Description: 
6290623 buffer overflow in traceroute when using 10 or more gateways (-g option)
6290611 traceroute accesses invalid memory when -s is used with bogus address
6291147 traceroute has off-by-one error when counting gateways resulting in a buffer overflow.
6291879 traceroute prints spurious "unknown host" message when gateway limit exceeded.
6298211 traceroute sometimes reports the wrong gateway host as unresolvable
6298351 traceroute sends trace packet to invalid gateways unless probe_all is set
Revision History: 

Patch Installation Instructions: 
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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:	If you're planning to set up Zones on this system, please make
        sure to install the following patch which fixes bugid 6216195
        (zone installation confused by UPDATE=yes in pkginfo(4) file.)
 
        119016-01 (or greater)  Packaging Commands Patch

README -- Last modified date:  Thursday, September 7, 2006

 
 
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Article Details
Article ID : 121013-01
Article Type : Patch Descriptions
Last reviewed : 2005-11-21
Audience : PUBLIC
Keywords : security traceroute buffer overflow
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