From ciac@tholia.llnl.gov Fri Apr  3 16:44:11 1998
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:58:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CIAC Bulletin I-039: HP-UX inetd Vulnerability

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                       The U.S. Department of Energy
                    Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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                             INFORMATION BULLETIN

                           HP-UX inetd Vulnerability

April 1, 1998 22:00 GMT                                           Number I-039
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PROBLEM:       Hewlett-Packard has learned that inetd can terminate
               prematurely.
PLATFORM:      HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX release 9.X, and 10.X.
DAMAGE:        Improperly coded routines can result in possible denial of
               service attacks.
SOLUTION:      Apply patches listed below.
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VULNERABILITY  Hewlett-Packard recommends that the patches be applied as soon
ASSESSMENT:    as possible.
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Document ID:  HPSBUX9803-077
Date Loaded:  980330
      Title:  Security Vulnerability with inetd on HP-UX

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        HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00077, 30 March 1998
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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.

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PROBLEM:  Improperly coded routines can result in susceptability to
          denial of service attacks.

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 9.X, and 10.X only.

DAMAGE:   Vulnerability may allow networking to be disabled.

SOLUTION: Apply patches listed below.

AVAILABILITY:  All patches are available now.
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I.
   A. Background
      Hewlett-Packard has learned that inetd can terminate prematurely.

   B. Fixing the problem
      The problem can be fixed by applying the appropriate patch
      mentioned below.

      HP-UX release 9.X    HP9000 Series 7/800             PHNE_14085
      HP-UX release 10.00,10.01,10.10 HP9000 Series 7/800  PHNE_14086
      HP-UX release 10.20  HP9000 Series 7/800             PHNE_14087
      HP-UX release 10.24  HP9000 Series 7/800             PHNE_14377

      HP-UX releases 10.30 and 11.X are not affected.

   C. Impact of the patch
      The patch makes inetd more robust to external factors.

   D. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
      Bulletins from the HP Electronic Support Center via electronic
      mail, do the following:

      User your browser to get to the HP Electronic Support Center page
      at:
      http://us-support.external.hp.com
      (for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)

      http://europe-support.external.hp.com    (for Europe)


      Click on the Technical Knowledge Database, register as a user
      (remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password),
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      Near the bottom is a hyperlink to our Security Bulletin archive.
      Once in the archive there is another link to our current
      security patch matrix. Updated daily, this matrix is categorized
      by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic.


   E. 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.

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[ End Hewlett-Packard Advisory ]

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CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Hewlett-Packard for the
information contained in this bulletin.
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