Updated:  May 01, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest Created: Mon Mar 12 3:00:03 PST 2001 Table of Contents: Document ID Title HPSBMP0103-011 Sec. Vulnerability in MPE/ix's AIF The documents are listed below. Document ID: HPSBMP0103-011 Date Loaded: 20010311 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in MPE/ix's AIF HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #011, 12 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. PROBLEM: Security Vulnerability with architected interface facility. PLATFORM: HP3000 running MPE/iX release 5.5 and newer. DAMAGE: Users can obtain unauthorized access to databases and can gain additional privileges, compromising system availability. SOLUTION: Apply the applicable patch: For MPE/iX 6.5 release, install MPELXJ3C, MPE/iX 6.0 release, install MPELXJ3B, MPE/iX 5.5 release, install MPELXJ3A. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has learned of a procedure by which a user can get unauthorized access to user accounts and databases using architected interface facility (AIF - AIFCHANGELOGON) either directly or indirectly. B. Recommended solution Apply the appropriate patches to correct the problem: For MPE/iX 6.5 release, install MPELXJ3C, MPE/iX 6.0 release, install MPELXJ3B, MPE/iX 5.5 release, install MPELXJ3A. NOTE: Hewlett-Packard Company will not produce any patches for releases MPE/iX 4.5 and MPE/iX 5.0. 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: HPSBMP0103-011--------------------------------------

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