Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:11:46 -0800
From: Aleph One <[email protected]>
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Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest
Created: Thu Jan 6 3:00:03 PST 2000
Table of Contents:
Document ID Title
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HPSBUX0001-109 Security Vulnerability with Audio Security File
HPSBUX0001-108 Security Vulnerability in Aserver (revised)
The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0001-109
Date Loaded: 20000105
Title: Security Vulnerability with Audio Security File
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #00109, 06 Jan 2000
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The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: The Audio Security File is world writable.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 10.X and 11.X
DAMAGE: Denial of service, increase in capabilities.
SOLUTION: Change the Audio Security File permissions.
AVAILABILITY: This advisory will be updated when patches are available.
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I.
A. Background
The Audio Security File, /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec, is created by
the asecure program with 666 permissions. This allows root to
add any user as a privileged user via the asecure program. Those
privileged users can make changes to their audio security File
via asecure. Since asecure has 555 permissions,
/etc/opt/audio/audio.sec must be world writable to implement the
privileged user feature.
B. Recommended solution
The capability to designate privileged users will probably be
removed in a future patch. The asecure program would continue
to have 555 permissions and would create the Audio Security File
with 444 permissions. Only the root user would be able to make
changes to the Audio Security File.
Until patches are available recommended solution is, as root:
chmod 444 /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec
This must be done each time the /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec
is created via the "asecure -C" command. After the permission
is changed, only the root user will be able to modify
/etc/opt/audio/audio.sec.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0001-108
Date Loaded: 20000105
Title: Security Vulnerability in Aserver (revised)
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**REVISED 01** HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #00108, 01 Jan 2000
Last Revised: 5 January, 2000
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The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: /opt/audio/bin/Aserver can be used to gain root access.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 10.X and 11.X
DAMAGE: Root access is possible.
SOLUTION: **REVISED 01** Change the Aserver permissions.
AVAILABILITY: This advisory will be updated when patches are available.
CHANGE SUMMARY: This revision contains revised permission recommendations.
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I.
A. Background
A procedure to use /opt/audio/bin/Aserver to gain root access
has been made public.
B. Recommended solution
**REVISED 01** | The need for suid permissions is being reviewed.
| The only requirement for suid currently identified
| is to allow any user to force a restart of the Aserver.
| This feature may be eventually be removed. Until a
| patch is available the recommended solution, as root
| is:
| chmod 555 /opt/audio/bin/Aserver
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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]
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PGP key, available from your local key server, or by sending a
message with a -subject- (not body) of 'get key' (no quotes) to
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for any misuse of this information by any third party.
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-----End of Document ID: HPSBUX0001-108--------------------------------------
