-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- __________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP-UX Vulnerabilities (MC/ServiceGuard & MC/LockManager, DESMS) April 1, 1999 23:00 GMT Number J-039 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: HP has identified two different vulnerabilities: 1) MC/ServiceGuard and MC/LockManager exhibit improper implementation of restricted SAM functionality. 2) Domain Enterprise Server Management System (DESMS) processes allow increased privileges. PLATFORM: 1) HP 9000 Series 700/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.X and 11.00. 2) HP 9000 Series 7/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00. DAMAGE: Both vulnerabilities if exploited could lead to users gaining increased privileges. SOLUTION: Apply available patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY Risk is high. Hewlett-Packard request that the patches be ASSESSMENT: applied as soon as possible. ______________________________________________________________________________ [ Start Hewlett-Packard Advisories ] 1) MC/ServiceGuard & MC/LockManager Document ID: HPSBUX9903-096 Date Loaded: 19990330 Title: Security Vulnerability in MC/ServiceGuard & MC/LockManager - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00096, 31 March 1999 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: MC/ServiceGuard and MC/LockManager exhibit improper implementation of restricted SAM functionality. PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.X and 11.00 DAMAGE: Users can gain increased privileges. SOLUTION: Apply the patches listed below. AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background MC/ServiceGuard and MC/LockManager exhibit improper implementation of restricted SAM functionality. B. Fixing the problem - Install the applicable patch: HP-UX Release Product Revision Patch ID 10.00 MC/SG A.10.03 PHSS_17478 10.01 MC/SG A.10.03 PHSS_17478 10.10 MC/SG MC/LM A.10.05 PHSS_17479 10.20 MC/SG MC/LM A.10.06 PHSS_17480 10.20 MC/SG A.10.11 PHSS_17580 10.20 MC/LM A.10.07.01 PHSS_17482 11.00 MC/SG A.11.05 PHSS_17581 11.00 MC/LM A.11.05 PHSS_17483 11.00 MC/LM-J A.11.05 PHSS_17484 C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins or access the HP Electronic Support Center, use your browser to get to our ESC web page at: http://us-support.external.hp.com (for non-European locations), or http://europe-support.external.hp.com (for Europe) Login with your user ID and password (or register for one). Remember to save the User ID/password assigned to you. Once you are in the Main Menu: To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, click on "Support Information Digests". To -review Security bulletins already released-, click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database." To -retrieve patches-, click on "Individual Patches" and select appropriate release and locate with the patch identifier (ID). To -browse the HP Security Bulletin Archive-, select the link at the bottom of the page once in the "Support Information Digests". To -view the Security Patch Matrix-, (updated daily) which categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic, go to the archive (above) and follow the links. The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp: us-ffs.external.hp.com or ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix 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: HPSBUX9903-096-------------------------------------- 2) DESMS Document ID: HPSBUX9903-095 Date Loaded: 19990330 Title: Security Vulnerability with DESMS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00095, 31 March 1999 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Domain Enterprise Server Management System (DESMS) processes allow increased privileges. PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 7/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00 DAMAGE: Users can gain increased privileges. SOLUTION: Apply the patches listed below. AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company HP9000 Series 7/800 servers that run the following software packages have extra Domain Management background processes running which cause security problems. B. Fixing the problem If you are using one of the products listed below, then install the applicable patch for your revision of HP-UX: For HP-UX release 10.20: PHNE_17948; For HP-UX release 11.00: PHNE_18017 for product J1593AA only; For HP-UX release 11.00: PHNE_17949 for all other products listed below. Product Description Affected Revision J1564DA Netscape Calendar Server All J1592AA HP Domain Service Control All J1593AA A/R HP Domain Service Control Packaged Edition All J3633CA Netscape/Informix US/Canada All J3638BA HP Domain/Netscape Suitespot Pro All J3641DA Netscape Enterprise Server All J3651DA Netscape Collabra Server All J3655DA Netscape Message Server All J3667AA Netscape Directory Server All J3675BA HP Domain/Netscape SuiteSpot (S700) All J3676BA HP Domain/Netscape SuiteSpot (S800) All J3678AA Netscape Proxy Server All J4244AA Domain Commerce Server All NOTE: This vulnerability does not apply to any of the VirtualVault releases. C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins or access the HP Electronic Support Center, use your browser to get to our ESC web page at: http://us-support.external.hp.com (for non-European locations), or http://europe-support.external.hp.com (for Europe) Login with your user ID and password (or register for one). Remember to save the User ID/password assigned to you. Once you are in the Main Menu: To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, click on "Support Information Digests". To -review Security bulletins already released-, click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database." To -retrieve patches-, click on "Individual Patches" and select appropriate release and locate with the patch identifier (ID). To -browse the HP Security Bulletin Archive-, select the link at the bottom of the page once in the "Support Information Digests". To -view the Security Patch Matrix-, (updated daily) which categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic, go to the archive (above) and follow the links. The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp: us-ffs.external.hp.com or ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix 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: HPSBUX9903-095-------------------------------------- [ End Hewlett-Packard Advisories ] ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Hewlett-Packard for the information contained in this bulletin. ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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