Updated: December 14, 2001
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00090, 07 December 1998
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard Company will not be liable for any
consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully
implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: Various remote network commands have security defects.
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800
DAMAGE: Users can access unauthorized files / gain increased privileges.
SOLUTION: Apply the cummulative patch listed below
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
Various HP-UX remote network commands (r-cmnds) in the fileset
InternetSrvcs.INETSVCS-RUN have been enhanced. These include
remshd(1M), rexecd(1M), rlogind(1M), rlogin(1), remsh(1),
rcp(1), rexec(1), and rdist(1).
All of these commands have been bundled into one convenient patch
to address various operational and security defects noted the
recent past.
B. Fixing the problem -
Install patch:
for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01 and 10.10: PHNE_13618, or
for HP-UX 10.20 and 10.30: PHNE_13619, or
for HP-UX 11.00: PHNE_16091.
NOTE: The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected.
C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
Bulletins from the HP Electronic Support Center via electronic
mail, do the following:
Use your browser to get to the HP Electronic Support Center page
at:
http://us-support.external.hp.com
(for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)
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Login with your user ID and password (or register for one).
Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password.
Once you are in the Main Menu:
To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins,
click on "Support Information Digests".
To -review- bulletins already released from the main Menu,
click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database."
Near the bottom of the next page, click on "Browse the HP
Security Bulletin Archive".
Once in the archive there is another link to our current Security
Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security
patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic.
The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp:
us-ffs.external.hp.com
~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix
D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to
security-alert@hp.com
Please encrypt any exploit information using the security-alert
PGP key, available from your local key server, or by sending a
message with a -subject- (not body) of 'get key' (no quotes) to
security-alert@hp.com.
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Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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