-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [ For Public Release ] __________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP-UX swinstall command in SD-UX Vulnerability Update to HP Software Installation Programs in Bulletin H-19 July 15, 1997 23:00 GMT Number H-81 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A vulnerability exists in the HP Software Distributor product, SD-UX, in the swinstall command. PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800s running HP-UX releases 9.X and 10.X DAMAGE: May allow local users unauthorized root access. SOLUTION: Apply patches as needed: ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY Exploit details involving this vulnerability have been made ASSESSMENT: publicly available. All patches are available now. Hewlett Packard recommends that this should be acted upon as soon as possible. ______________________________________________________________________________ [ Start Hewlett-Packard Advisory ] Document ID: HPSBUX9707-064 Date Loaded: 970715 Title: Security Vulnerability in swinstall command - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00064, 15 July 97 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett Packard 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM: Security Vulnerability in swinstall command PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800s running HP-UX releases 9.X and 10.X DAMAGE: Allows local users unauthorized root access. SOLUTION: Apply the following patches as needed: PHCO_10652 for HP-UX release 10.00 and 10.01, PHCO_10028 for HP-UX release 10.10, PHCO_11004 for HP-UX release 10.20, PHCO_11185 for HP-UX release 10.16, PHCO_11183 for HP-UX release 10.24. For SD OV (released on 9.X) PHCO_11162 9.0[04] PHCO_11161 9.0[1357] AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has learned of a defect in the Software Distributor (SD) product, as documented in CERT Advisory CA-96.27. The patches mentioned herein remove the need for the workaround published in that advisory. B. Fixing the problem Before continuing the use of SD, the system administrator needs to obtain and apply the patches mentioned above. C. Recommended solution The patch is a cumulative libc patch and and fully fixes a vulnerability discovered in the utility. D. 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