What is the security patch catalog?
The security patch catalog is a cumulative listing of security patches issued in response to security vulnerabilities described in security bulletins. Physically, it’s a text file. An example showing a partial file is shown below: # Security patch catalog, generated Fri Jan 26 23:21:00 2001 980569260 # timestamp 0.91 # catalog format version 11.00 11.04 11.11 # supported versions of HP-UX PHCO_13214: HW-OS: s700: 11.00 s800: 11.00 Status: General Recalled Warn: 00/07/14 – This patch was recalled. – PHCO_13214 introduced a problem in the newgrp(1) command that is exhibited by systems that have group passwords configured. When the newgrp(1) command is used to change groups, the user may be denied access to the requested group or may be switched to an unrequested group. – The superseding patch PHCO_14044 exhibits this same behavior. – HP recommends that PHCO_13214 and PHCO_14044 be removed from systems that use group passwords. PHCO_13214 and PHCO_14044 should also be removed from all sof
