Notified:  March 26, 2001 Updated: April 30, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

HP Support Information Digests o IT Resource Center World Wide Web Service If you subscribed through the IT Resource Center and would like to be REMOVED from this mailing list, access the IT Resource Center on the World Wide Web at: http://www.itresourcecenter.hp.com/ Login using your IT Resource Center User ID and Password. Then select Support Information Digests (located under Maintenance and Support). You may then unsubscribe from the appropriate digest. Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest Created: Mon Mar 26 3:00:03 PST 2001 Table of Contents: Document ID Title HPSBUX0103-147 Sec. Vulnerability in newgrp(1) The documents are listed below. Document ID: HPSBUX0103-147 Date Loaded: 20010325 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in newgrp(1) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0147, 26 Mar. '01 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. ISSUE: the newgrp(1) command doesn't function properly. PLATFORM: HP9000 servers running HP-UX release 11.11. POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could gain increased capability. SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows: for 11.11: PHCO_23083. AVAILABILITY: The patch is available now. I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the newgrp(1) command in only the HP-UX release 11.11. B. Fixing the problem can be fully resolved by applying the patch to your system. For HP-UX releases 11.11: PHCO_23083. C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic mail, do the following: Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page at: http://itrc.hp.com Under the Maintenance and Support Menu (Electronic Support Center): click on the "more..." link. Then - Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login using your ID and password. Check with your system administrator to see if you have an existing login or use the "Register" button at the left to create a login. You will need to login in order to gain access to many areas of the ITRC. Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password. Under the Maintenance and Support Menu, click on the "more..." link. Under the "Notifications" section (near the bottom of the page), select "Support Information Digests". To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins or other Technical Digests, click the check box (in the left column) for the appropriate digest and then click the "Update Subscriptions" button at the bottom of the page. or To -review- bulletins already released, select the link (in the middle column) for the appropriate digest. To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select the link for "hp security bulletins archive" near the bottom. Once in the archive the top link is 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: ftp.itrc.hp.com ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix" On the "Support Information Digest Main" page: click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive". 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. Permission is granted for copying and circulating this Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems, if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes. Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not liable for any misuse of this information by any third party. -----End of Document ID: HPSBUX0103-147--------------------------------------

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