Patch-ID# 107039-02 Keywords: security catman directory permissions apropos whatis man Synopsis: SunOS 5.7_x86: apropos/catman/man/whatis patch Date: Jun/28/2001 Solaris Release: 7_x86 SunOS Release: 5.7_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch is available for SPARC as patch 107038 Topic: SunOS 5.7_x86: apropos/catman/man/whatis patch Relevant Architectures: i386 BugId's fixed with this patch: 4107178 4154565 4392144 4434978 Changes incorporated in this version: 4392144 4434978 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/apropos /usr/bin/catman /usr/bin/man /usr/bin/whatis /usr/lib/makewhatis Problem Description: 4392144 catman makes dangerous use of tmpfiles. 4434978 catman -p can fail in some scenarios (from 107039-01) 4107178 *catman* creates directories with 775 permissions 4154565 security: man(1)'s use of temp files is dangerous 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 7-8 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: Thursday, June 28, 2001