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Hewlett-Packard Company MPE/iX FTPSRVR does not properly validate certain commands

Vulnerability Note VU#551683

Original Release Date: 2003-08-19 | Last Revised: 2003-08-19

Overview

A vulnerability in the FTP server included with the MPE/iX operating system may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access.

Description

MPE/iX is an operating system produced by Hewlett-Packard Company. The FTP server included with MPE/iX (FTPSRVR) contains a vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable system.

Solution

Apply a patch as described in Hewlett Packard Security Bulletin HPSBMP0204-014.

Vendor Information

551683
 

Hewlett-Packard Company Affected

Updated:  May 01, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

HP Support Information Digests

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o Security Bulletin Digest Split
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The security bulletins digest has been split into multiple digests
based on the operating system (HP-UX, MPE/iX, and HP Secure OS
Software for Linux). You will continue to receive all security
bulletin digests unless you choose to update your subscriptions.

To update your subscriptions, use your browser to access the
IT Resource Center on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.itresourcecenter.hp.com/

Under the Maintenance and Support Menu, click on the "more..." link.
Then use the 'login' link at the left side of the screen to login
using your IT Resource Center User ID and Password.

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

To subscribe or unsubscribe to a specific security bulletin digest,
select or unselect the checkbox beside it. Then click the
"Update Subscriptions" button at the bottom of the page.

o IT Resource Center World Wide Web Service
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If you subscribed through the IT Resource Center and would
like to be REMOVED from this mailing list, access the
IT Resource Center on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.itresourcecenter.hp.com/

Login using your IT Resource Center User ID and Password.
Then select Support Information Digests (located under
Maintenance and Support). You may then unsubscribe from the
appropriate digest.
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Digest Name: daily MPE/iX security bulletins digest
Created: Wed May 1 3:00:03 PDT 2002

Table of Contents:

Document ID Title
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HPSBMP0204-014 Sec. Vulnerability in MPE/iX FTPSRVR

The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBMP0204-014
Date Loaded: 20020430
Title: Sec. Vulnerability in MPE/iX FTPSRVR

TEXT





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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0014,
Originally issued: 30 April 2002
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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: FTPSRVR does not properly validate commands.

PLATFORM: HP3000 servers running MPE/iX 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0.

DAMAGE: Unauthorized access.

SOLUTION: Install the patch appropriate to your release:

6.0 FTPGD91A
6.5 FTPGD92A
7.0 FTPGD93A


MANUAL ACTIONS: none

AVAILABILITY: Patches are available now.

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A. Background
The FTP Server FTPSRVR does not properly validate certain
commands, which may lead to unauthorized access.

B. Fixing the problem
Obtain and install patches from itrc.hp.com. These were built
to protect against this occurrence in the following releases of
MPE/iX:

6.0 FTPGD91A
6.5 FTPGD92A
7.0 FTPGD93A

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) "Search Technical Knowledge
Database".

To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, or the
"The Security Bulletins Archive" 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.

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

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


D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

security-alert@hp.com

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 security-alert@hp.com.

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.
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-----End of Document ID: HPSBMP0204-014--------------------------------------

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.


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References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Hewlett-Packard Company for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ian A. Finlay.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2002-0610
Severity Metric: 28.35
Date Public: 2002-05-01
Date First Published: 2003-08-19
Date Last Updated: 2003-08-19 14:47 UTC
Document Revision: 6

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