Updated:  May 03, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

Document ID: HPSBUX0102-140 Date Loaded: 20010214 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in Text editors HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0140, 14 Feb. '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: Text editors contain a buffer overflow. PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.00, 11.04, 10.20, 10.24, 10.10, and 10.01. POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could compromise system availability. SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows: for 11.00: PHCO_22229, 11.04: PHCO_23354, 10.20: PHCO_22228, 10.24: PHCO_23353, 10.10: PHCO_22848, 10.01: PHCO_22849. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the text editor, in various releases of the HP-UX OS. This defect affects various programs such as e, ex, vi, edit, view, and vedit which all use the same facilities. B. Fixing the problem The problem can be fully resolved by applying the appropriate patches to the system. For HP-UX releases for 11.00: PHCO_22229, 11.04: PHCO_23354, 10.20: PHCO_22228, 10.24: PHCO_23353, 10.10: PHCO_22848, 10.01: PHCO_22849. While this patch does not require a reboot, appropriately terminating any instances of editor before installation of the patch will assure that continued operation is now done with the patched binaries. 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: HPSBUX0102-140--------------------------------------

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