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Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest
Created: Thu Jan 18 3:00:03 PST 2001
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Document ID Title
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HPSBUX0101-137 Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager
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Document ID: HPSBUX0101-137
Date Loaded: 20010117
Title: Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0137, 18 Jan. '01
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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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ISSUE: HP9000 series 700/800 Support Tools Manager (xstm,cstm,stm)
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.11,
11.00, and 10.20.
POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows:
for 11.11: PHSS_23067,
11.00: PHSS_23066,
series 800 10.20: PHSS_23065,
series 700 10.20: PHSS_23064.
AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the
Support Tool Manager application, typically used for hardware
diagnostic purposes.
B. Fixing the problem
The problem can be fully resolved by applying the appropriate
patches to the system. For HP-UX releases
11.11: PHSS_23067,
11.00: PHSS_23066,
series 800 10.20: PHSS_23065,
series 700 10.20: PHSS_23064.
NOTE: This issue does NOT apply to HP-UX releases 10.10, nor
to 10.01.
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