Patch-ID# 105543-01 Keywords: security eeprom buffer-overflow y2000 hwupdate Synopsis: SunOS 5.4 CS6400: eeprom patch Date: Nov/07/97 Solaris Release: 2.4 SunOS Release: 5.4 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Topic: SunOS 5.4 CS6400: eeprom patch NOTE 1: We recommend installing all the following bundled Solaris 2.4 OS/Networking patches which contain the Y2000 fixes: 103935-51 kernel jumbo patch 101959-13 lp patch 102039-05 packaging utilities/libadm patch 102693-04 at/atrm/atq/cron/crontab patch 103263-02 ufsdump/ufsrestore patch 103942-02 accounting patch 105543-01 usr/kvm/eeprom patch 104942-01 usr/sbin/sar patch 104944-01 usr/bin/date patch 104946-01 troff macro patch 104948-01 usr/bin/passwd patch 104950-01 usr/bin/uustat patch 104952-01 usr/lib/saf/listen patch 104954-01 usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch 105014-01 usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch NOTE 2: This patch provides the CS6400 architecture specific version of patch 104798-02. BugId's fixed with this patch: 4043234 4043537 Changes incorporated in this version: 4043537 Relevant Architectures: sparc.cray4d Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 104798-02 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /usr/kvm/eeprom Problem Description: (from 104798-02) 4043537 eeprom fails when updating hwupdate variable to years > 2000 (from 104798-01) 4043234 eeprom(1M) buffer-overflow vulnerability (security) Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below. Special Install Instructions: ----------------------------- NOTE: We recommend installing all the following bundled Solaris 2.4 OS/Networking patches which contain the Y2000 fixes: 103935-51 kernel jumbo patch 101959-13 lp patch 102039-05 packaging utilities/libadm patch 102693-04 at/atrm/atq/cron/crontab patch 103263-02 ufsdump/ufsrestore patch 103942-02 accounting patch 105543-01 usr/kvm/eeprom patch 104942-01 usr/sbin/sar patch 104944-01 usr/bin/date patch 104946-01 troff macro patch 104948-01 usr/bin/passwd patch 104950-01 usr/bin/uustat patch 104952-01 usr/lib/saf/listen patch 104954-01 usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch 105014-01 usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch