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Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest
Created: Mon Dec 7 6:34:58 PST 1998
Table of Contents:
Document ID Title
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HPSBUX9812-090 Security Vulnerability in remote network commands
HPSBUX9812-089 Security Vulnerability in sendmail
The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX9812-090
Date Loaded: 19981206
Title: Security Vulnerability in remote network commands
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00090, 07 December 1998
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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: Various remote network commands have security defects.
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800
DAMAGE: Users can access unauthorized files / gain increased privileges.
SOLUTION: Apply the cummulative patch listed below
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
Various HP-UX remote network commands (r-cmnds) in the fileset
InternetSrvcs.INETSVCS-RUN have been enhanced. These include
remshd(1M), rexecd(1M), rlogind(1M), rlogin(1), remsh(1),
rcp(1), rexec(1), and rdist(1).
All of these commands have been bundled into one convenient patch
to address various operational and security defects noted the
recent past.
B. Fixing the problem -
Install patch:
for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01 and 10.10: PHNE_13618, or
for HP-UX 10.20 and 10.30: PHNE_13619, or
for HP-UX 11.00: PHNE_16091.
NOTE: The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected.
C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
Bulletins from the HP Electronic Support Center via electronic
mail, do the following:
Use your browser to get to the HP Electronic Support Center page
at:
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(for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)
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Login with your user ID and password (or register for one).
Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password.
Once you are in the Main Menu:
To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins,
click on "Support Information Digests".
To -review- bulletins already released from the main Menu,
click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database."
Near the bottom of the next page, click on "Browse the HP
Security Bulletin Archive".
Once in the archive there is another link 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:
us-ffs.external.hp.com
~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix
D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to
[email protected]
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
[email protected].
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.
________________________________________________________________________
</pre>
-----End of Document ID: HPSBUX9812-090--------------------------------------
Document ID: HPSBUX9812-089
Date Loaded: 19981206
Title: Security Vulnerability in sendmail
<pre>
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00089, 07 December 1998
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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: sendmail releases are vulnerable to mail spamming
PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800.
DAMAGE: Remote users can compromise system integrity.
SOLUTION: Apply the patches below.
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
Some important features provided by 8.8.6 includes a new group
of rulesets to avoid mail "spamming" (i.e., sending of unsolicited
mail to large number of users) and to prevent mail "spammers"
from using your host as a mail relay point.
Sendmail 8.8.6 provides four new named rulesets which can be used
to check and reject abusive mail messages.
Patches are available from the Electronic Support Center (ESC)
patch hub for HP-UX 10.20, 10.30, and 11.0. An upgrade is
available for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01, and 10.10. Hewlett-Packard
recommends installing sendmail 8.8.6 for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01,
and 10.10 as an optional version upgrade. This upgrade is
not available from the Electronic Support Center (ESC) patch
hub, but from:
http://www.software.hp.com/software/HPsoftware/Sendmail/index.html
There are numerous new configuration options available and various
issues involved in upgrading to Sendmail 8.8.6. The URL above
provides additional information regarding the impact of the
upgrade.
B. Fixing the problem -
For the HP-UX releases listed below, an official patch is
available.
For HP-UX release 10.20: PHNE_12836,
HP-UX release 10.30: PHNE_12866,
HP-UX release 11.00: PHNE_15509.
NOTE: The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected.
C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
Bulletins from the HP Electronic Support Center via electronic
mail, do the following:
Use your browser to get to the HP Electronic Support Center page
at:
http://us-support.external.hp.com
(for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)
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 assigned to you, and your password.
Once you are in the Main Menu:
To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins,
click on "Support Information Digests".
To -review- bulletins already released from the main Menu,
click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database."
Near the bottom of the next page, click on "Browse the HP
Security Bulletin Archive".
Once in the archive there is another link 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:
us-ffs.external.hp.com
~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix
D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to
[email protected]
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
[email protected].
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.
________________________________________________________________________
</pre>
-----End of Document ID: HPSBUX9812-089--------------------------------------
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