Patch-ID# 110898-13

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Keywords: security cshh tmpfiles pfcsh eacces cores errors env chars seg fault
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: csh/pfcsh patch
Date: Jan/23/2006


Install Requirements: NA                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 110899

Topic: SunOS 5.8: csh/pfcsh patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1227664 4198269 4302461 4374736 4384080 4402562 4404641 4407470 4407491 4479584 4494351 4708902 5100865 6209912 6307905 6311438 6314637 6336149

Changes incorporated in this version: 6307905 6311438 6314637 6336149

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/pfcsh

Problem Description:

6307905 csh has a buffer overrun in its input routines
6311438 csh drops a character during filename completion if TIOCSTI doesn't succeed
6314637 csh bus error after applying patch 114224-04
6336149 csh core dump if argv is unset or reset
 
(from 110898-12)
 
6209912 csh built-in cd command might corrupt home environment variable in extreme cases
 
(from 110898-11)
 
5100865 csh built-in cd command might corrupt path environment variable.
 
(from 110898-10)
 
4407491 pfsh does not seem to be able to locate an executable in current directory
 
(from 110898-09)
 
4198269 csh redirection of stdout works inconsistently
 
(from 110898-08)
 
4479584 csh needs longer PATH
 
(from 110898-07)
 
4407470 profile shell symbolic link processing sent wrong $0
 
(from 110898-06)
 
4708902 csh cannot handle changing fd limit.
 
(from 110898-05)
 
4302461 seg fault when file descriptors are set to 8192
 
(from 110898-04)
 
4494351 csh scripts using an array leaks memory
1227664 csh doesn't use the correct prototype definition for vfork
 
(from 110898-03)
 
4374736 csh cores when trying to echo env var > 1024 chars set in Bourne shell
4402562 csh does not report errors it detects.
 
(from 110898-02)
 
4404641 csh scripts leak memory when EACCES occurs
 
(from 110898-01)
 
4384080 csh creates predictable tmpfiles for here documents

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:
-----------------------------
 
None.

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, January 23, 2006