Cobalt Updates
Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ4

Downloads MUST be applied from the bottom of the page to the top, as they must be applied in chronlogical order. Application of these patches in improper order will likely result in problems with the Sun Cobalt™ product.

System Update 0.0.1

HTTP CacheRaQ4-All-System-0.0.1-9926.pkg Posted: November 19, 2001 FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com Size: 3,628

A few issues involving the Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ 4 appliance are resolved with this patch

• Configuring a cluster was not possible in some network topologies.
• Holding the password reset button on the front lcd panel did not reset the password
• Under some situations, the squid configuration file could be truncated. This would not allow squid to be able to run. New init scripts will check to make sure that squid configuration is correct.

Reboot Required: Yes

telnetd Update 0.0.1

HTTP CacheRaQ4-All-Security-0.0.1-10750.pkg Posted: August 22, 2001 FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com Size: 69,893

This security patch addresses an issue found in the telnet daemon, where a remote attacker is able to gain access to server appliances if telnet is enabled. Information regarding this update can be found at CERT Coordination Center's website. The URL is: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-21.html.

MD5 Check Sum: a1d644cfcb228e4be49756bb2cc4f887

Kernel Update 0.0.1

HTTP CacheRaQ4-All-Kernel-0.0.1-2.216C27III.pkg Posted: June 25, 2001 FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com Size: 3,458,658

This Kernel Upgrade provides a complete fix for the sysctl negative offset bug as well as the ptrace setuid bug. Information regarding this update can be found at Security Focus’ website. The URLs are:

http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/?id=2364 - sysctl bug
http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/?id=2044 - ptrace bug

NOTE:

• The previous version of this update did not completely close the security holes mentioned above. It is strongly recommended that users install the latest Kernel version.

MD5 Check Sum: 7308e0c3f9fd5d2fde7938822e8c1234

System Patch 0.0.1

HTTP CacheRaQ4-All-System-0.0.1-9783.pkg Posted: May 14, 2001 FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com Size: 419,470

This update corrects the following issues:

• Squid may not be able to respond to requests while under a high load circumstance which may result in the creation of assertion errors in the error log.
• WCCP protocol 1 interoperability
• If more than one Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ appliance is part of a cluster one of the appliances may not be recognized.
• If client browser information is not received some sites do not display properly. To correct this a UI option was added to allow the user to force the Sun Cobalt RaQ server appliance to pass browser information to the site it is requesting information from.

proftpd Update 0.0.1

HTTP CacheRaQ4-All-Security-0.0.1-9531.pkg Posted: February 21, 2001 FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com Size: 312,888

This package upgrades the version of proftpd to 1.2.0rc3.