Notified:  September 07, 2001 Updated: September 18, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

Document ID: HPSBUX0102-143 Date Loaded: 20010228 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in SD-UX HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0143, 28 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. PROBLEM: Security defect in Software Distributor SD-UX PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.01, 10.10, 10.20 and 11.00 only. DAMAGE: A vulnerability exists potentially allowing local users additional privileges. SOLUTION: Install the cumulative patch as described below. HP-UX 10.01 and 10.10: PHCO_15205, 10.20: PHCO_20209, 11.00: PHCO_22526. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has learned of a Software Distributor defect which causes the product to fail. B. Fixing the problem Obtaining and installing the current cummulative patch completely solves this problem. C. Recommended solution for HP-UX release 10.01 and 10.10: PHCO_15205, for HP-UX release 10.20: PHCO_20209, for HP-UX release 11.00: PHCO_22526. The ServiceControlManager release of SD for 11.00 is not vulnerable, nor are any of the SD-OV releases. D. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins/Advisories 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 "The Security Bulletins Archive". Once in the archive the third 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". E. 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: HPSBUX0102-143--------------------------------------

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