# # $Id$ # This is a collection of issues which have shown up since the version 0.8.8 was released. The issues are ordered by numbers of ser versions to which they relate, beginning with the newest release. Issues related to operating systems are summarized in the bottom. -------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: texops subst REs match newline in constructs such [^@] Ser version: 0.8.13?-unstable Reason: there is a bug in newer libc versions (at least in debian libc6 2.3.x) Workarround: use an older or fixed libc6 or avoid [^something] --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: memory leaks occurs if SIP requests are processed in which a Via header field occurs in end of header and includes a parameter Ser version: 0.8.10 Reason: parameter fragment is not linked to a list when EoH is encountered Patch: http://www.iptel.org/ser/issues/via_ml_0810.patch CVS Status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser segfaults on receipt of some messages (occurs rather rarely with a very high number of messages, typically during stress tests) Ser version: 0.8.10 and before Reason: valid TM label value 0 is considered mistakenly a special value Workaround: turn syn_branch config option off Patch: http://www.iptel.org/ser/issues/hash_fix.patch CVS Status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: serctl returns "read: Illegal option -s" for "add user" Ser version: 0.8.10 and before Reason: serctl's use of some shell script commands not portable Workaround: download serctl 1.45 and set SUBSCRIBER_COLUMN back to user_id Download: http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/ser/sip_router/scripts/sc?rev=1.45 CVS Status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: 3261 ACKs for 200s are consumed by stateful processing Ser version: 0.8.10 Reason: 200/ACKs which happen to have the same transaction ID as original INVITE were not distinguished from hbh ACKs and consequently absorbed Patch: http://www.iptel.org/ser/issues/tid3261ack.patch Workaround: apply the patch to 0.8.10 sources CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: on sparc machines, usage of mysql library causes a bus error Ser version: 0.8.10 Reason: ser is compiled with DBG_QM_MALLOC, which mistakenly uses only alignment of four (ROUNDTO) -- insufficient for sparc boxes, mysql library uses long long Workaround: recompile with DBG_QM_MALLOC turned off or ROUNDTO redefined to 8 CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: nonce validation doesn't work correctly on big endian machines. BugId: 498 Ser version: 0.8.10 Patch: http://iptel.org/~janakj/nonce.c.patch Workaround: Apply the patch to 0.8.10 sources CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser 0.8.10 memory leak when an INVITE containing Route header fields is received. Symptoms: ser reports No memory left or crashes with BUG: qm_*: fragm. BugId:n/a Ser version: 0.8.10 Patch: http://iptel.org/~janakj/invroute.patch Workaround: Apply the patch to 0.8.10 sources CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser 0.8.10 fails to remove consumed verified credentials properly and leaves characters in forwarded messages when consume_credentials is used BugId:n/a Ser version: 0.8.10 Module: http://www.iptel.org/~jiri/ser/auth.tar.gz Workaround: compile the auth module newly from sources above or don't remove credentials (they only harm in terms of packet size) CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser 0.8.10 and earlier versions crash if contact list excessively long BugId: n/a Ser version: 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10 Patch: http://www.iptel.org/ser/security/secalert-002-0_8_10.patch Workaround: apply the patch to 0.8.10 sources CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser 0.8.10 won't compile with bison 1.75 BugId: n/a Ser version: 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10 Patch: 0.8.10 http://www.mobile-ip.de/~andrei/ser/0.8.10/ser-0.8.10-bison-1.75.patch 0.8.9 http://www.mobile-ip.de/~andrei/ser/0.8.9/ser-0.8.9-bison-1.75.patch Workaround: update from cvs, apply the corresponding patch or downgrade bison CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================= * ser 0.8.10 released, all the issues below this are fixed in ser 0.8.10, all the * issues above are not :-) ================================================================================= Desc: ser 0.8.9 won't log to stderr or syslog unless dontfork is set (introduced when trying to fix bug 376) BugId: n/a Ser version: =0.8.9 (0.8.8 is ok) Patch: http://www.mobile-ip.de/~andrei/ser/0.8.9/ser-0.8.9_log.patch Workaround: update from cvs or apply the patch. CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: local domain mismatch resulting in infinite loops (With default configuration and domain names in a request URI's, ser may not match "owned domain" in the script's uri==myself condition, consider the request to be for outside domain, and forward it to itself, resulting in an infinite loop and "482" returned back to UAC.) BugId: n/a Reason: aliases do not support reverse DNS lookups yet Workaround: Start ser with "alias=hostname" in config file CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: sendto problems on FreeBSD (when using tm sendto fails because of bad sockaddr len passed to it) BugId: n/a Workaround: update from cvs or apply the following patch: http://www.mobile-ip.de/~andrei/ser/0.8.9/update_sock_struct_from_ip.patch CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: full ipv6 addresses (w/o ::) are converted to 0:0:0:0:0:0:0 (ser will listen on :: instead of the specified address) BugId: n/a Workaround: use ipv6 addresses w/ :: or compile ser without -DDNS_IP_HACK (Makefile.defs). CVS status: fixed ================================================================================ * ser 0.8.9 released, all the issues below this are fixed in ser 0.8.9, all the * issues above are not :-) ================================================================================ Desc: in default configuration, SER prints '127.0.0.1' in Warning header field of all replies BugId: 372 Workaround: use listen= in your configuration file; that will make SER listen only on one interface (and not on '127.0.0.1' in parallel) and advertise correct IP address Bug reason: multiple listening address ignored in message translator CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: serctl add ... returns "user exists" BugId: 374 Workaround: either use serweb for addding new users or update the serctl utility from CVS; the fixed version is at http://www.iptel.org/ser/issues/374/ Bug reason: phplib_id ignored in sc CVS Status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: SMS, MSILO & JABBER modules fail to load because of unresolved dependency on im.so BugId: 375 Workaround: change the makefiles & recompile Bug reason: removal of RTLD_GLOBAL from dlopen. CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: when forking & std_error=yes no open FD is closed BugId: 376 CVS status: fixed --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: exec module missing in binary RPM distro BugId: - CVS status: fixed Workaround: compile from source distribution --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: when debug=3 & iptel.cfg is used mysql module fails in submit_query. Workaround: use debug=9 or use log_stderr Reason: unknown BugId: 377 Cvs status: not fixed ================================================================================ * OS-related issues ================================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: ser won't run on linux kernels <2.4 (fails with EINVAL when intializing the shared memory) BugId: n/a Ser version: 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10 Workaround: Upgrade to a 2.4.* kernel (older kernels don't support shared mmaping of /dev/zero ) or recompile ser with SYSV shm instead of mmap (remove -DSHM_MMAP from Makefile.defs) CVS status: n/a --------------------------------------------------------------- Desc: Solaris resolver memory leak (getipnodebyname on Solaris has a memory leak. unpatched solaris 8 installations will fail after processing ~ 360000 requests) BugId: n/a CVS status: n/a Workaround: patch your Solaris OS ---------------------------------------------------------------