__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HPUX Sec. Vulnerability asecure March 12, 2001 18:00 GMT Number L-058 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Certain files used by the asecure program have unsafe permissions PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.01, 10.10, 10.20 and 11.00 only DAMAGE: HP states that a possible denial of service (DoS) condition exists. SOLUTION: Install the patch as specified in the bulletin ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. No publicly announced exploit has been seen in ASSESSMENT: the wild. ______________________________________________________________________________ [****** Begin HP Bulletin ******] Document ID: HPSBUX0103-145 Date Loaded: 20010307 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in asecure ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0145, 07 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: Certain files used by the asecure program have unsafe permissions. PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.01, 10.10, 10.20 and 11.00 only. DAMAGE: Possible denial of service SOLUTION: Install the appropriate patch for the HP-UX release: 10.01, 10.10,10.20 PHSS_22935 11.00 PHSS_22936 AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Certain files used by the asecure program have unsafe permissions. B. Recommended solution Obtain the necessary patch from itrc.hp.com, as described below. For HP-UX releases 10.01, 10.10,10.20: PHSS_22935 and 11.00: PHSS_22936 NOTE: No patch is needed for HP-UX 11.11. 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. 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