Hewlett-Packard Company Information for VU#322540

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**REVISED 01**
Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0304-257
Originally issued: 29 April 2003
Last revised: 22 July 2003
SSRT3496 Potential Security Vulnerability in rexec
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Bulletin provided that it remains complete and intact.

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: Potential buffer overflow in rexec(1)

IMPACT: Potential increase in privilege.

PLATFORM: HP-UX B.10.20, B.11.00, and B.11.04.

SOLUTION: B.10.20 - install PHCO_26158 or subsequent.
         B.11.00 - install PHCO_24723 or subsequent.
-->      B.11.04 - install PHCO_29190 or subsequent.

MANUAL ACTIONS: No

AVAILABILITY: All patches are available.

CHANGE SUMMARY: Rev.01 - Added PHCO_26158.
                        Added PHCO_29190.
                        Added AFFECTED VERSIONS section.
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A. Background

    The SSRT thanks Davide Del Vecchio for
   reporting this potential vulnerability to HP.

    HP Tru64 UNIX is not vulnerable to this reported problem.

 --> AFFECTED VERSIONS
-->
--> The following is a list by HP-UX revision of
--> affected filesets and the fileset revision or
--> patch containing the fix.  To determine if a
--> system has an affected version, search the
--> output of "swlist -a revision -l fileset"
--> for an affected fileset, then determine if
--> a fixed revision or the applicable patch is
--> installed.
-->
--> HP-UX B.11.04
--> =============
--> OS-Core.C-MIN
--> OS-Core.CORE-SHLIBS
--> fix: PHCO_29190 or subsequent
-->
--> HP-UX B.11.00
--> =============
--> OS-Core.C-MIN
--> OS-Core.CORE-SHLIBS
--> fix: PHCO_24723 or subsequent
-->
--> HP-UX B.10.20
--> =============
--> OS-Core.C-MIN
--> OS-Core.CORE-SHLIBS
--> fix: PHCO_26158 or subsequent



 B. Recommended solution

**REVISED 01**
-->B.11.04 - Install PHCO_29190 or subsequent.
   B.11.00 - Install PHCO_24723 or subsequent.  PHCO_24723 has
             been superseded.  To find the recommended
             superseding patch and the latest superseding patch,
             search the technical knowledge base on itrc.hp.com
             for "PHCO_24723".
-->B.10.20 - Install PHCO_26158.

 C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
   Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic
   mail, do the following:

    Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page
   at:

       http://itrc.hp.com

    Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login
   using your ID and password.  Use your existing login or the
   "Register" button at the left to create a login, in order to
   gain access to many areas of the ITRC.  Remember to save the
   User ID assigned to you, and your password.

    In the left most frame select "Maintenance and Support".

    Under the "Notifications" section (near the bottom of
   the page), select "Support Information Digests".

    To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins or other
   Technical Digests, click the check box (in the left column)
   for the appropriate digest and then click the "Update
   Subscriptions" button at the bottom of the page.

    or

    To -review- bulletins already released, select the link
   (in the middle column) for the appropriate digest.

    NOTE: Using your itrc account security bulletins can be
         found here:
   http://itrc.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSecurityBulletin


    To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select
   the link for "The Security Bulletins Archive".  (near the
   bottom of the page)  Once in the archive the third link is
   to the current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this
   matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release,
   and by bulletin topic.  Security Patch Check completely
   automates the process of reviewing the patch matrix for
   11.XX systems.  Please note that installing the patches
   listed in the Security Patch Matrix will completely
   implement a security bulletin _only_ if the MANUAL ACTIONS
   field specifies "No."

    The Security Patch Check tool can verify that a security
   bulletin has been implemented on HP-UX 11.XX systems providing
   that the fix is completely implemented in a patch with no
   manual actions required.  The Security Patch Check tool cannot
   verify fixes implemented via a product upgrade.

    For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see:
   http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/
   displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA

    The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous
   ftp:

    ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix/

    On the "Support Information Digest Main" page:
   click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive".

    The PGP key used to sign this bulletin is available from
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 D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

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    Please encrypt any exploit information using the
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