HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Release Notes (Edition 3)

Thunderbird, see the “Known Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products” page at http://
www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/.
• WU-FTPD: Version C.2.6.1 delivers defect fixes. See WU-FTPD C.2.6.1 Release Notes at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 Networking Software.)
Also see related products listed under “Security.”
Security
• HP-UX Auditing System Extensions: Version B.11.31.03.01 provides improved performance,
improved quality of audit data, a fine-tuned set of auditable events, cost reduction to manage
the audit log data, ability to extract useful data through CLI, and the ability to generate
web-based audit reports. Also includes several problem fixes. See HP-UX Auditing System
Extensions B.11.31.03.01 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs.
(Select HP-UX Security Products and Features Software.)
• HP-UX IPFilter: Version 17.05 is a TCP/IP packet filter suitable for use as a system firewall to
protect application servers. See HP-UX IPFilter v17.05 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/
go/hpux-security-docs.
• HP-UX IPSec: Version A.03.00.01 enhances the ipsec_config add csr command to
accept multiple values for each type of alternative name specified in the
subjectAlternativeName field of a certificate. Without this enhancement, if IPSec is
being used with the Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) product, then each SRP would have to
use the same ID when authenticating. See HP-UX IPSec A.03.00.01 Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. (Select HP-UX IPSec Software.)
• HP-UX 11i Security Containment Extensions: Version B.11.31.02 includes a new product,
ContainmentPlus, that offers a collection of new features. Also delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX
Security Containment Extensions B.11.31.02 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-security-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i Security Containment Software.)
• OpenSSL: Version 0.9.8o delivers defect fixes. See OpenSSL 0.9.8o Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. (Select HP-UX OpenSSL Software.)
• SecureShell: Version A.05.60.003 delivers defect fixes. See SecureShell Release Notes at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i Secure Shell Software.)
Also see related products listed under “Internet and Networking.”
Commands and system calls
• efi_rm (1M) command: Enhanced to recover free space in the EFI volume of the EFI file system.
See “efi_rm(1M) command” (page 103).
• fcntl (2) system call: Enhanced to close multiple file descriptors at one time. See “fcntl(2) system
call” (page 103).
• poll (2) system call: Updated so that, if there is no writer at the other end of pipe or fifo, pipe
and fifo file descriptors wait in the poll(2) system call. Upon detecting the termination of a
writer, POLLHUP conditions are set in the return condition of the poll(2) system call. See “poll(2)
system call” (page 104).
• pstat_getpathname (2) system call: Enhanced to increase the possibility of returning the
pathname of a file. See “pstat_getpathname(2) system call” (page 105).
• rename (2) and unlink (2) system calls: Enhanced so they no longer return an ETXTBSY error
when invoked on an executing file. See “rename(2) and unlink(2) system calls ” (page 105).
• select (2) system call: Enhanced to make use of the high resolution timer when the nfds
argument for the command is greater than 0. Enabled through the tunable
hires_timeout_enable. See “select(2) system call” (page 106).
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