INN Patches: Bug Fix
Applying to INN 1.6b3
See the list INN 1.6b3 Software Action Items tagged with "defect" and "critical."
Applying to INN 1.5.1
NOTE: October 1997: The ISC released INN 1.7, which includes security-patch.05 and fixes other security holes. INN 1.7 is based on the 1.5.1corr release from Mib Software. See
inn1.5.1corr/1.7
NOTE: if you are running anything prior to INN 1.5.1, you should upgrade instead of patching.
For a detailed list of the changes to INN 1.5.1 to get sec2 and 1.6b3 see: INN 1.5.1 Software Action Items
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/trn-leapyear-bug.patch
5 Kb Thu Feb 08 00:00:00 1996
Type: Bug fix
Symptom:TRN repeatedly ask to subscribe to same new groups.
Applies to:TRN-3.6
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Not applicable
Authored: Miquel van Smoorenburg, circa 7 Feb 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5.1/art.c-misc-changes.patch
6 Kb Mon Mar 31 20:35:00 1997
Type: Nuisance fix, performance
Symptom: Cancelled articles causing "437 Duplicate article" log entries and
history records
Applies to:INN-1.5.1/innd/art.c
OS: all
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1: No
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1sec2: No
Incorporated into stock inn1.5.1corr/1.7: Yes. See note below.
Incorporated into stock 1.6b3: Yes. See note below.
Note: This patch is not applied verbatim in 1.5.1corr and 1.6b3, but the code is fixed.
One optimization of if() condition order is not in 1.5.1corr nor 1.6b3.
Authored: J. Porter Clark, 31 Mar 1997
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5.1/inn-patch-apb-19970129
52 Kb Thu Feb 27 18:58:00 1997
Type: Multiple, Performance
Symptom: Substantial changes to make innd more responsive to connections,
and various others.
Features in the patch. Worker function, Work limits, background renumber,
Defect fixes in the patch: NCwritetext() caller's, RCHANadd() buffer zapping, subst.1 manpage (minor)
Author's preferences in the patch: innxmit logRejects, config updates to samples,
Applies to: INN-1.5.1 various
OS: all
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1: No
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1sec2: No
Incorporated into stock inn1.5.1corr/1.7: partial. Defect fixes only.
Incorporated into stock 1.6b3: partial Feature and defect fixes.
Authored: Alan Barrett, 29 Jan 1997
Applying to INN 1.5
NOTE: if you are running anything prior to INN 1.5.1, you should probably upgrade instead of patching. There are many, many bug fixes which are not available as patches (although there is a patch file of all the changes at the ISC site.)
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/ACT_MMAP-defines-MMAP.patch
3 Kb Mon Dec 09 17:54:00 1996
Type: Configuration problem
Symptom: Could not define MMAP for active file and not for DBZ
Applies to: INN-1.5/include/clibrary.h
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Per Hedeland 7 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5.1/addhist-buffer-toosmall.patch
2 Kb Tue Apr 08 15:32:00 1997
Type: Bug Fix
Symptom: INN hangs when processing ctlinnd addhist with massively crossposted articles
Applies to: INN-1.5/innd/cc.c and INN-1.5.1/innd/cc.c
OS: all
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1: No
Incorporated into stock 1.5.1sec2: No
Incorporated into stock inn1.5.1corr/1.7: Yes
Incorporated into stock 1.6b3: Yes
Authored: Larry Rosenman (8 Apr 1997)
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/expireover-corrupt.patch
2 Kb Mon Dec 09 17:39:00 1996
Type: Bug
Symptom: expireover creates bad entries when processing folder header lines
Applies to: INN-1.5/expire/expireover.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Holger Burbach, 6 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/inews-mod-mail.patch
1 Kb Thu Dec 12 21:49:00 1996
Type: Annoyance
Symptom: inews dump mode prints wrong result for approved articles
Applies to: INN-1.5/frontends/inews.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Jonathan Kamens, 12 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/inews-passwords.patch
1 Kb Thu Dec 12 21:50:00 1996
Type: Bug
Symptom: inews does not work for users with passwords in passwd.nntp
Applies to: INN-1.5/frontends/inews.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Jonathan Kamens, 12 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/null-pointer.patch
3 Kb Fri Dec 20 15:51:00 1996
Type: Bug/Security Fix
Symptom: 1060 character Path header crashes innd.
Applies to: INN-1.5/innd/art.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: No. See separate patch
Authored: Michael Shields, 17 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/perl-filter.patch
3 Kb Thu Dec 12 19:13:00 1996
Type: Bug
Symptom: Intermittent Garbage entries in log file for rejected articles.
Applies to: INN-1.5/innd/perl.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Andy Burgess, 11 Dec 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.5/slow-history-lookups.patch
3 Kb Mon Nov 25 16:14:00 1996
Type: Bug slows down makehistory -i -s
Symptom: makehistory -i -s runs slow
Applies to: INN-1.5/expire/makehistory.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: James Brister, 20 Nov 1996
Applying to INN 1.4
NOTE: if you are running anything prior to INN 1.5.1, you should probably upgrade instead of patching. There are many, many bug fixes which are not available as patches (although there is a patch file of all the changes at the ISC site.)
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/big-article-hang.patch
1 Kb Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 1996
Type: Bug fix
Symptom: Connection hangs on large articles of a particular size.
Applies to INN-1.4unoff4/innd/nc.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Jeff Hakner, 24 Oct 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/bird-streaming.patch1
17 Kb Sun May 26 00:00:00 1996
Type: Multiple. Bug fixes, streaming improvements
Symptom: Increases streaming throughput, spurious log message, memory corruption.
Applies to: INN-1.4unoff4/backends/innxmit.c
OS: all, (with workaround for a Linux 1.2.X TCP bug)
Incorporated into 1.5.1:
Authored: Mike Bird, 24 May 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/crosspost.patch
2 Kb Thu Mar 21 00:00:00 1996
Type: Bug fix
Symptom: When using crosspost, crosspost fails to make directory.
Applies to: INN 1.4unoff4/backends/crosspost.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Jerry Aguirre, 21 Mar 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/expire-not-unpausing
3 Kb Wed Sep 25 00:00:00 1996
Type: Bug fix
Symptom: expire pauses but never unpauses.
Applies to: INN-1.4unoff4/expire/expire.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: James Brister, 24 Sep 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/makehistory-dbz.patch
2 Kb Tue May 13 15:33:00 1997
Type: Major Performance bug
Symptom: makehistory takes a very long time
Applies to INN: 1.4unoff4/expire/makehistory.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes, but there is a patch for INN 1.5
Authored: Otto J. Makela, 23 Apr 1997
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/inn-on-DEC-alpha
2 Kb Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 1994
Type: OS workaround
Symptom:sizeof(unsigned long) not what is expected for inet_addr
Applies to INN: various files. See the patch.
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored:Rich Salz, 10 Nov 1993
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/innxmit-log-by-feedname.patch
7 Kb Sat Nov 02 00:00:00 1996
Type: Logging feature
Symptom: innxmit logs by IP address. Patch changes to log by feedname
Applies to INN-1.4unoff4/backends/innxmit.c
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Steve Waltner, 01 Nov 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/linux-2.x.patch
8 Kb Sun Oct 06 00:00:00 1996
Type: Include file ordering, Linux loadavg
Symptom: FD_ macros defined incorrectly
Applies to INN: 1.4unoff4, various files
OS: all, some Linux specific
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Roland Alder/Jonathan Kamens, 5 Oct 1996
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-patches/1.4unoff4/proctable-bug.patch
1 Kb Mon Aug 05 00:00:00 1996
Type: Bug fix
Symptom: segfault during call to SITEprocdied(), or innd gets big, or
better performance if periodically restarted
Applies to: INN 1.5a2 back to 1.4.unoff4
OS: all
Incorporated into 1.5.1: Yes
Authored: Fletcher Mattox, 3 Aug 1996
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