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Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest
Created: Mon Nov 16 15:00:15 MET 1998
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HPSBUX9811-087 Security Vulnerability in vacation
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Document ID: HPSBUX9811-087
Date Loaded: 19981115
Title: Security Vulnerability in vacation
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00087, 16 November 1998
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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.
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PROBLEM: The vacation program erroneously passes parameters to sendmail.
PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 9.X, 10.X
and 11.0.
DAMAGE: Remote users could modify system files.
SOLUTION: Install the patches listed below.
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
The vacation program shipped with HP-UX in /usr/bin/vacation
suffers from a fault in that it misunderstands it's inputs and
invokes sendmail with the wrong parameters. Both sendmail 5.65
and 8.7.6 are vulnerable to this malady. Also the vacation
program ignores a TO: header when the "O" is upper case.
B. Fixing the problem
Install the applicable patch:
HP-UX revision 11.X for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16295
HP-UX revision 10.20 for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_14042
HP-UX revision 10.0X-10 for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16726
HP-UX revision 9.X for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16725
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