Updated:  August 17, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

Document ID: HPSBUX0107-161 Date Loaded: 20010718 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in VVOS mkacct HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0161 19 July '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. PROBLEM: Security Vulnerability in mkacct program. PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS), VirtualVault only. DAMAGE: Potential unauthorized privileged access. SOLUTION: Install the appropriate patch for the VirtualVault release: VirtualVault 4.0 PHSS_24169, VirtualVault 4.5 PHSS_24212. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. I. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has discovered that the /sbin/mkacct program incorrectly performs its functions, with a potential to allow unauthorized privileged access. II. Recommended solution Application of the appropriate patch selected from the list below completely solves this problem. For VirtualVault releases: VirtualVault 4.0 PHSS_24169, VirtualVault 4.5 PHSS_24212. III. 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 Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login using your ID and password. Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login using your ID and password. Use your existing login or the "Register" button at the left to create a 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 "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". IV. 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: HPSBUX0107-161--------------------------------------

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Addendum

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