Patch-ID# 107452-08
Keywords: security cron audit libbsm nfs
Synopsis: SunOS 5.7_x86: /usr/sbin/cron Patch
Date: Jan/14/2004


Install Requirements: None                      
                      
Solaris Release: 7_x86

SunOS Release: 5.7_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch is available for SPARC as patch 107451

Topic: SunOS 5.7_x86: /usr/sbin/cron Patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4177427 4184825 4196408 4226756 4261967 4338420 4368876 4387131 4519829 4750749

Changes incorporated in this version: 4750749

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 106542-08 or greater

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/sbin/cron

Problem Description:

4750749 Race condition in cron made worse by Bug Fix 4387131
 
(from 107452-07)
 
4338420 cron is vulnerable to murder by its children
4519829 cron can skip jobs under certain conditions
 
(from 107452-06)
 
4387131 BMC Patrol (Best/1) product fails to collect data due to Solaris cron failure.
 
(from 107452-05)
 
4368876 *at* does not execute 7 submitted jobs during the next cron cycle, takes > 4 min
 
(from 107452-04)
 
4261967 no cronjobs if homedir of user is NFS mounted and has perm like 0700
 
(from 107452-03)
 
4226756 cron fails to run job at 2am during april DST switchover
 
(from 107452-02)
 
4177427 cron spins on fork failure and blank file combination
4184825 security hole in cron through improper use of creat()
 
(from 107452-01)
 
4196408 details of cron command not written to audit trail

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 7-9 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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None.

README -- Last modified date:  Wednesday, January 14, 2004

