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QNX® Momentics® Extended Networking Technology Development Kit TCP/IP Daemon Security Patch (Patch ID 42) Release Notes

QNX® Momentics®

Date of this edition: October 03, 2005

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 or later

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or SP2, 2000 SP4, or NT SP6a; Sun Solaris 7, 8, or 9; QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 or later; Linux Red Hat 8, 9, or Enterprise WS 3 or 4


Note:
  • This patch is applicable to versions 6.3.0 and 1.0.1 of this TDK.
  • For information on installing this patch, see the installation note.
  • For the most up-to-date version of these release notes, log into your myQNX account, and then go to the Download Center area of www.qnx.com.
  • You should also install the TCP/IP Daemon Security Patch (Patch ID 43) for QNX Momentics 6.3.0 (it's included in QNX Momentics 6.3.0 Service Pack 2).

Contents


Note: Throughout this document, you may see reference numbers associated with particular issues, changes, etc. When corresponding with our Technical Support staff about a given issue, please quote the relevant reference number. You might also find the reference numbers useful for tracking issues as they become fixed.

What's in this patch?

This patch contains security updates to snmpd. The following files are installed under $QNX_TARGET, under the subdirectories for each supported target platform:

  • ARMBE:
    • armbe/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • ARMLE:
    • armle/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • MIPSBE:
    • mipsbe/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • MIPSLE:
    • mipsle/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • PPCBE:
    • ppcbe/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • SHLE:
    • shle/usr/sbin/snmpd
  • x86:
    • x86/usr/sbin/snmpd

Fixed issues

This patch addresses the following:

  • The snmpd daemon formerly could fault due to an uninitialized structure that could have caused snmpd to access an invalid pointer during a request. This has been fixed. (Ref# 21965)

Known issues

None currently known.

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.