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Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest
Created: Tue Jun 12 3:00:02 PDT 2001
Table of Contents:
Document ID Title
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HPSBUX0106-153 Security Vulnerability in kmmodreg(1M)
HPSBUX0106-152 Security Vul. in Virtualvault 4.0 w/ iPlanet WS
The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0106-153
Date Loaded: 20010611
Title: Security Vulnerability in kmmodreg(1M)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0153, 11 June '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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PROBLEM: The kmmodreg(1M) inappropriately handles files.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 11.XX only.
DAMAGE: Pontential increase in privilege.
SOLUTION: Install the appropriate patch for the HP-UX release:
11.11 PHCO_24147,
11.04 PHCO_24197,
11.00 PHCO_24112.
AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now.
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I. Background
Hewlett-Packard Company has discovered that the /usr/sbin/kmmodreg
command incorrectly performs its functions, causing a serious
potential for a denial of service attack or an increase of
privilege.
This command is executed automatically at every system reboot.
II. Recommended solution
Application of the appropriate patch selected from the list below
completely solves this problem.
For HP-UX releases:
11.11 PHCO_24147,
11.04 PHCO_24197,
11.00 PHCO_24112.
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-----End of Document ID: HPSBUX0106-153--------------------------------------
Document ID: HPSBUX0106-152
Date Loaded: 20010611
Title: Security Vul. in Virtualvault 4.0 w/ iPlanet WS
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0152, 11 June 2001
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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: The iPlanet Web Server included in Virtualvault 4.0 product
contains a vulnerability.
PLATFORM: HP9000 S700/800 running HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS), Virtualvault
DAMAGE: Potential data corruption event.
SOLUTION: Install patch PHSS_24108 for the HP-UX 11.04 release.
AVAILABILITY: The patch is available now.
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I. Background
iPlanet has identified a vulnerability in the iPlanet Web Server,
Enterprise Edition 4.X product. This problem does not affect any
releases of the product prior to the 4.X versions. iWS 4.X is
embedded in the Virtualvault product.
Without patch PHSS_24108, the problem will persist and affect your
site's data security. Hewlett Packard urges all users of
Virtualvault 4.0 to install this patch immediately to prevent any
potential data security risks.
II Recommended actions
The problem can be eliminated by installing the recommended patch.
Hewlett-Pachard recommends that the following patch be loaded as
applicable:
HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS) with Virtualvault a.04.00: PHSS_24108
NOTE: There is a dependency upon patch PHSS_23215.
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bottom of the page) Once in the archive the third link is
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matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release,
and by bulletin topic. Us our free Security Patch Check
to completely automate the process of reviewing the patch
matrix for 11.XX systems.
For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see:
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displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA
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________________________________________________________________________
-----End of Document ID: HPSBUX0106-152--------------------------------------
