Notified: May 26, 2004 Updated: June 16, 2004
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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HP SECURITY BULLETIN
HPSBMA01045 REVISION: 0
SSRT4719 rev.0 hp OpenView Select Access remote
unauthorized access
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NOTICE:
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provided that it remains complete and intact.
The information in this Security bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible.
INITIAL RELEASE: 24 May 2004
POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT: remote unauthorized access
SOURCE: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
HP Software Security Response Team
REFERENCES: None
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
A potential vulnerability has been identified with hp OpenView
Select Access which could be exploited to allow a remote user
unauthorized access.
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
hp OpenView Select Access 5.0 Patch 4, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.2, and 6.0.
BACKGROUND:
Utf-8 encoded Unicode characters used in a URL may not be decoded
correctly, allowing users access to resources normally denied to
them.
RESOLUTION:
HP has made the following patches available from
http://support.openview.hp.com/cpe/select_access/patch_sa.jsp
hp OpenView Select Access 5.0 Patch 4C
hp OpenView Select Access 5.1 Patch 1Z
hp OpenView Select Access 5.2 Patch G
hp OpenView Select Access 6.0 Patch A
* The software product category that this Security Bulletin
relates to is represented by the 5th and 6th characters of the
Bulletin number: GN=General, MA=Management Agents, MI=Misc.
3rd party, MP=HP-MPE/iX, NS=HP NonStop Servers, OV=HP OpenVMS,
PI=HP Printing & Imaging, ST=HP Storage, TU=HP Tru64 UNIX,
TL=Trusted Linux, UX=HP-UX, VV=Virtual Vault
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Vendor Information
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