Patch Name: PHCO_14520

Patch Description: s300_400 9.X elm(1) cumulative patch

Creation Date: 98/03/16

Post Date:  98/04/23

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s300_400: 9.00 9.03 9.10

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	MAILERS

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s300_400/9.X/PHCO_14520

Symptoms:
	PHCO_14520:

	When displaying a message within elm, the year field for
	years past 1999 could contain an incorrect number of
	digits (should always be 2 or 4). Also, the expiration
	feature of elm did not work properly, nor did the sorting
	of messages by date sent.

	PHCO_7204:

	1. A symbolic link from the temp file could bypass access
	   restrictions on file creation.

Defect Description:
	PHCO_14520:

	The code was not designed with the year 2000 in mind.

	PHCO_7204:

	1. Elm did not check to see if the temp file existed as a
	   symbolic link.

SR:
	4701385369 4701314476

Patch Files:
	/usr/bin/elm

what(1) Output:
	/usr/bin/elm:
		$Revision: 70.85.1.78 $

sum(1) Output:
	43622 455 /usr/bin/elm

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes:
	PHCO_7204

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size: 280 KBytes

Installation Instructions:
	Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard 
	SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
	and conditions for precautions, scope of license, 
	restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
	before installing this patch.
	------------------------------------------------------------
	1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

	2. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

		cd /tmp
		cp patch_source/PHCO_14520 .
		sh PHCO_14520

	3. Become root and run update:

		/etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
			/tmp/PHCO_14520.updt PHCO_14520

	Update moves the original software to 
	/system/PHCO_14520/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
	potential problems.  You should move the .text file to 
	/system/PHCO_14520 for future reference.

	To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the
	tape drive, use dd:

		dd if=PHCO_14520.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions: None