ssrt0614u_rpc_cmsd

From: Lamont Granquist <lamontg_at_raven.genome.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:30:43 -0700

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Jim Fitzmaurice wrote:
> P.S. The patch "ssrt0614u_rpc_cmsd" was mentioned in this post. Anybody know
> exactly what it does and why it should be installed?

This is the calendar manager security hole which caused a lot of Solaris
boxes to recently get broken in to, and made the NYT. There is a CERT
advisory for it.

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