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Security Advisory                                                       CERT-NL
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Author/Source : Egon Verharen                               Index  :    S-99-19
Distribution  : World                                       Page   :          1
Classification: External                                    Version:          1
Subject       : cmsd (Calendar manager service daemon)      Date   :  16-Jul-99
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By courtesy of CERT Coordination Center we received the following information.

CERT Coordination Center advisory CA-99-08-cmsd reports a vulnerability 
in the Calendar Manager Service daemon, often named rpc.cmsd

This vulnerability allows all systems running the Calendar Manager Service
daemon, frequently distributed with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and
Open Windows.

At the moment this vulnerability is very popular and being exploited in a
significant number of incidents reported to us as well as to the CERT/CC. An
exploit script was posted to BUGTRAQ.

This advisory provides a solution for affected systems.

CERT-NL recommends installing the named patches for your systems immediately, or
contact your vendor.

Additional information with regards to this vulnerability is placed in 
the advisory. The original advisory's URL is:
     http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-08-cmsd.html

You are encouraged to check on updates of the archive regularly. You can
automate that process by using the CERT-NL notifier service. 

All CERT Coordination Center advisories are mirrored by CERT-NL.
The specific URL's for this case are:

ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/surfnet/net-security/cert-cc-mirror/cert_advisories/CA-99
08-cmsd.txt 
(LINE IS WRAPPED !)

More information about the CERT-NL mirror and notifier services is 
contained in News items N-95-01 (notifier) and N-95-02 (CERT mirror), 
both present on ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/surfnet/net-security/cert-nl/docs/news/

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