Patch-ID# 110904-07 Keywords: security vi edit dtterm temp files long exinit tags line Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: edit, ex, vedit, vi and view patch Date: Nov/25/2003 Install Requirements: None Solaris Release: 8_x86 SunOS Release: 5.8_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 110903 Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: edit, ex, vedit, vi and view patch Relevant Architectures: i386 BugId's fixed with this patch: 4059978 4300381 4320573 4349324 4364594 4397459 4614041 4635504 Changes incorporated in this version: 4349324 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/ed /usr/bin/edit /usr/bin/ex /usr/bin/red /usr/bin/vedit /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/view /usr/lib/expreserve /usr/lib/exrecover /usr/xpg4/bin/ed /usr/xpg4/bin/edit /usr/xpg4/bin/ex /usr/xpg4/bin/vedit /usr/xpg4/bin/vi /usr/xpg4/bin/view Problem Description: 4349324 *vi* vi fails when file is nfs mounted from an SGI 2 terrabyte filesystem (from 110904-06) 4397459 *ed* creates tempfiles in an insecure manner (from 110904-05) 4635504 *vi* "modelines" not working properly in vi editor (from 110904-04) 4614041 UNIX98: execvp does not use standards-conforming shell (from 110904-03) 4300381 vi -t is not working with long EXINIT tags line (from 110904-02) 4364594 *vi* vi unsafely uses temporary files (from 110904-01) 4320573 *vi* cannot edit files with long lines, especially with dtterm 4059978 *vi* display can get messed up if using a small number of rows and columns 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: ----------------------------- None. README -- Last modified date: Tuesday, November 25, 2003