Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by. Each marketing release of solaris has its own set of patches. As we are a contract customer, we are running a local patch server, and. Say something like clean up save folders for patch rev obsolete patches after patch is two revisions ahead. Customers with a valid solaris tm maintenance contract have access to all patches on this site and can also take advantage of the various patch web server functions provided, including a tool set for effective patch management registration registration is required for full access to the patch web server. Solaris 9 and earlier releases require patches to be in dependency order.
As you can see from page 37 of the solaris support lifecycle matrix, solaris 8 was released in feb 2000 and solaris 9 in march 2002, so weve been. Latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. Jan 22, 2017 latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. Recently we had an issue with one of the solaris global zone which is running with oraclesap. This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support.
The followings is the patches with different names, the names in are patch names from website list. Solaris patch manager offers the most comprehensive patch management features for the solaris os. The x server that ships with solaris 9 now has a nolisten option that enables the admin or user to prevent their x server for listening for x events over the network. I installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9. Setting ipcs kernel parameters in solaris 9 oracle community. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Use ipcs b on solaris and ipcs a on linux, hpux, and aix. I guess maybe im using a newer version of sysex librarian that causes the different order, but its only a very minor issue im using sysex librarian version 1. Solaris memory leaks due shared memory segments unixarena. The spd file stanzas include the following types of information. Patch check advanced pca generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads patches. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. So you could clean the save directory for 10966704 when 109667 hits say rev 07. Another tool, sun patch check, can be run to obtain a listing of available patches, but provides little diagnostic capabilities.
A cluster patch in particular can take quite a while to apply if the machine is slow. Websphere application server prevents users from installing to a nonempty directory. To patch a solaris 9 os distribution by using a solaris 9 os. It resolves dependencies between patches and installs them in correct order. Without options, information is printed in short format for message queues, shared memory, and semaphores. One of my customers is working on a product which can virtualize old solaris environments and run them on current, supported solaris platforms. It does not necessarily apply to some applications embedded in solaris, such as staroffice. The following endofsoftwaresupport announcements are current, as of the 904 update 7 release of the solaristm operating system. Supported platforms and patches for bigfix patch for solaris. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. Customers with a valid solaris tm maintenance contract have access to all patches on this site and can also take advantage of the various patch web server functions provided, including a tool. So reboot after applying patches, check carefully that. Solaris 9 patches released from november 1, 2011, will have vintageextended access entitlement by default, which means that only customers with an extended support contract for solaris will be able to access them. Patches are binary code modifications that affect the way sunsupplied software operates.
It provides command line tools and guis for managing users, resources, and disk storage. Can i create a disk that will have all the updates patches. Description this solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates. See the ipcs1 man page for more information you can use ipcs with the j option to see which projects limit an ipc object is allocated against. Since local clients are still ok, users can still tunnel remote x events via ssh.
Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. In the preceding example, the sga is built in three noncontiguous. An overview of oracle solaris live upgrade for os upgrades, patching, and as a. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. Pluggable authentication module pam pam functionality is supported on solaris. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Recently, i used the live upgrade tools in the solaris os to successfully apply the latest patch cluster to a machine running the solaris 9 os, without bringing the machine into singleuser mode. The solaris 10 operating system extends the resource control rctl facility, introduced in the solaris 9 operating system, to incorporate the ipc tunables. We have the oss and can install them, thats no problem.
There is also a patch finder on the web page and all you have to do is enter the patch id or patch id with revision. The following options control the information that ipcs displays. Frequently asked questions to better understand bigfix patch for solaris, read the following questions and answers. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Solaris changed their os upgrade method, and you no longer install individual patches. Md5 the md5 software is not needed for systems running the solaris 10 os, because the digest1m command now includes md5 functionality. Patches differ by solaris version and architecture.
Solaris 9 for intel runs very fast on modern pentiumii and pentiumiii systems, meaning that intel devotees now have a wider choice of operating system if they dont want to buy sun hardware. I tried pkginfo i command but it gives the unix and linux forums. Context switch interrupt ipc process process control block realtime. Sep 07, 2012 recently we had an issue with one of the solaris global zone which is running with oraclesap. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. For servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if nonglobal zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. Hello, for the last couple of months, all of my solaris 9 systems have been reporting no patches required. The following options control the information that ipcs displays things may change while ipcs is running. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware.
Of course to do this, we need to run an assortment of old solaris platforms, and by old i mean solaris 2. Can i create a disk that will have all the updates patches and just run it once and not sit and update one by one. According to this source, all patches created for solaris 9 while it was in extended support will now be available with a regular mos account. I find the patch finder is a very handy tool and use it frequently. To patch a solaris 9 os distribution by using a solaris 9. Solaris 8 and solaris 9 are no longer covered by the oracle extended support for software. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download patch clusters. Please note that the package list below is a full list of all the packages. There was also a single port of solaris to the powerpc platform with version 2.
Can i create a disk that will have all the updatespatches and just run it once and not sit and update one by one. Oracle unix administration viewing allocated ram memory. Setting ipcs kernel parameters in solaris 9 337930 mar 28, 2003 5. Solaris patch information for the ibm informix database server install the. For some unix environments such as solaris, there are special patches that can be. Use the solaris live upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on solaris 9 and 10 computers. Use the ipcs utility to display information about active interprocess communication ipc facilities.
Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. When the first distribution is patched, the patchadd command makes a change to the directory that causes problems with the next patchadd command. Just a quick headsup that solaris 9 will transition to vintage support old sun terminology extended support oracle terminology at the end of this month. Before i install it, my task is to find out what os patches have already installed on the box. Download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. Patch for solaris users guide hcl software product. List of integrated patches solaris 9 sparc platform edition. It can be the only tool you ever need for patch management, be it on a single machine or a complete network. Solaris 9 transitioning to extended support oracle. They can be released by sun because of previously identified bugs which have been fixed, or because a security exploit has been discovered in a piece of software, and a simple workaround is inadequate to prevent intrusion or disruption of normal system activity.
Latest solaris 10 recommended os patchsets contain all the solaris 10 patches listed below. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download. With rapid7 live dashboards, i have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what i need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in realtime. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Last solaris 8 and 9 patches released oracle solaris blog. List of integrated patches solaris 9 sparc platform. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Sun blade 100150 flash prom update 11129217 obsoleted by. Solaris operating environment endofsoftwaresupport announcements solaris 9 9 04. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support lildude howtodownloadsolarispatchclustersfrommyoraclesupport 20101214t07. System v ipc parameters on solaris 10, all system v ipc facilities are either.
The solaris patch manager tool, a fullfeatured patch management tool, also provides details regarding patches. Where can i find solaris patch clusters for solaris 2. I have never had problems getting patch clusters from sunsolve and running them before. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. Vulnerability in the solaris component of oracle sun systems products suite subcomponent. The following software must be in place before the solarishpov patches can be installed. The following endofsoftwaresupport announcements are current, as of the 9 04 update 7 release of the solaris tm operating system. How to find shared memory limits and semaphore limits in solaris. The remote solaris system is missing a security patch from cpu apr2016. As we are a contract customer, we are running a local patch server, and use that as our primary source of patches. Synopsis the remote solaris system is missing a security patch from cpu apr2016. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express. Installing the required oracle solaris os patches oracle solaris. Solaris 8 and 9 patches will continue to be available to customers with appropriate sustaining support contracts, as will telephone support, but no new solaris 8 and 9 patches will be created.
The following applies to core solaris packages and patches. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by iain thomson in san francisco 19 apr 2017 at 00. The following software must be in place before the solaris hpov patches can be installed. The ipcs command shows all held memory segments on the server, and those owned by.
If you want to patch another distribution, you might have to delete the patch11717217 directory and recreate it using the unzip 11717217. I tried pkginfo i command but it gives all of the packages installed. That is, theres one set of patches for solaris 8, a separate set of patches for solaris 9, and another set of patches for solaris 10. Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Openssh installing openssh is not needed on solaris 9 or 10.
So it makes sense to try and keep servers of the same osarchitecture on the same patchlevel and define a master host, whose patch level is automatically checked at regular intervals. Mar 14, 2007 download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. Aix doesnt have any commands that will output the ipc limits that youre looking for. Live patching for the solaris 9 operating system experts. Normally system use to run with 40gb to 50gb of free physical memory. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. See the ipcs 1 man page for more information you can use ipcs with the j option to see which projects limit an ipc object is allocated against. Hi unix experts, im told to install websphere mq on sun 5. Check this page for solaris tm operating system patches and addon products in order to ensure that the patch level of your installation is uptodate. Solaris operating environment endofsoftwaresupport announcements solaris 9 904. You can use ipcs with the j option to see which projects limit an ipc object is allocated against. Hence, fixes and security alerts are no longer provided for these releases. But when we had a soft hang, we found that system is doing more paging to disk and free physical memory went down to 6 to 8gb. The solaris 9 os on x86 distribution is ready for deployment to target servers.