Patch Name:  PHSS_10501

Patch Description: s700_800 10.24 (VVOS) VirtualVault Audit Subsystem Patch

Creation Date: 97/03/24

Post Date:  97/04/11

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
        s700: 10.24
        s800: 10.24

Products:
        VirtualVault Transaction Server A.02.00 International Release
        VirtualVault Transaction Server A.02.00 US/Canada Release

Filesets:
        VaultTS.CMW-ADMIN-RUN,A.02.00

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Superseded

Critical: No

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHSS_10501

Symptoms:
        PHSS_10501:
        Under certain circumstances, reduce and alarmd can
        terminate abnormally when processing large audit records.

Defect Description:
        PHSS_10501:
        Large audit records submitted by privileged prgrams can
        result in reduce reporting a potential compression buffer
        overflow before abnormally terminating.  The compression
        buffer is dynamically allocated and not in the process's
        stack.

SR:
        4701349159

Patch Files:
        /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/alarmd
        /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/reduce

what(1) Output:
        /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/alarmd:
                None
        /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/reduce:
                None

cksum(1) Output:
        2771930709 123145 /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/alarmd
        3290209797 110811 /opt/vaultTS/root/tcb/bin/reduce

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies:  None

Hardware Dependencies:  None

Other Dependencies:  None

Supersedes:  None

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size:  290 Kbytes

Installation Instructions:
        Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard
        SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
        and conditions for precautions, scope of license,
        restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
        before installing this patch.
        ------------------------------------------------------------
        1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

        2. Login as root.

        3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory.

        4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch:

                cd /tmp
                sh PHSS_10501

        5a. For a standalone system, run swinstall to install the
            patch:

                swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \
                        -s /tmp/PHSS_10501.depot

        5b. For a homogeneous NFS Diskless cluster run swcluster on the
            server to install the patch on the server and the clients:

                swcluster -i -b

            This will invoke swcluster in the interactive mode and
            force all clients to be shut down.

            WARNING: All cluster clients must be shut down prior to the
                     patch installation.  Installing the patch while the
                     clients are booted is unsupported and can lead to
                     serious problems.

            The swcluster command will invoke an swinstall session in which
            you must specify:

                alternate root path  -  default is /export/shared_root/OS_700
                source depot path    -  /tmp/PHSS_10501.depot

            To complete the installation, select the patch by choosing
            "Actions -> Match What Target Has" and then "Actions -> Install"
            from the Menubar.

        5c. For a heterogeneous NFS Diskless cluster:

                - run swinstall on the server as in step 5a to install
                  the patch on the cluster server.

                - run swcluster on the server as in step 5b to install
                  the patch on the cluster clients.

        By default swinstall will archive the original software in
        /var/adm/sw/patch/PHSS_10501.  If you do not wish to retain a
        copy of the original software, you can create an empty file
        named /var/adm/sw/patch/PATCH_NOSAVE.

        Warning: If this file exists when a patch is installed, the
                 patch cannot be deinstalled.  Please be careful
                 when using this feature.

        It is recommended that you move the PHSS_10501.text file to
        /var/adm/sw/patch for future reference.

        To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the
        tape drive, use the command:

                dd if=/tmp/PHSS_10501.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Special Installation Instructions:
        Disregard the above installation instructions.  They are
        automatically generated and are not specific to the
        VirtualVault environment.  The correct procedure for
        installing the Audit Subsystem Patch (PHSS_10501) is
        as follows :

        1. Backup your system before installing a patch.

        2. Login as root; open an xterm window at the SYSTEM level.

        3. Copy the patch to the /patches directory.  Create
           /patches using:
                mkdir -p /patches

        4. Move to the /patches directory and unshar the patch:

                cd /patches
                sh PHSS_10501

        5. Run swinstall to install the patch:

        swinstall -x match_target=true -s /patches/PHSS_10501.depot


        Although not required, this patch should be installed
        in conjunction with the following audit-related patch:

          * PHCO_10479 alarmd using too much CPU time. (700 or
                800 VVOS release 10.24)