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HP SECURITY BULLETIN

HPSBMA01225     REVISION: 1

SSRT051030 rev.1 - HP OpenView Event Correlation Services (OV ECS)
                   Remote Unauthorized Privileged Access

NOTICE:
The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible.

INITIAL RELEASE:
03 October 2005

POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:
Remote unauthorized privileged access

SOURCE:
Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Software Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
A potential vulnerability has been identified with HP OpenView
Event Correlation Services (OV ECS).  This  vulnerability could be
exploited remotely by an unauthorized user to gain privileged
access.

REFERENCES:
None

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*:  ONLY impacted versions are listed.
 ->HP OpenView Event Correlation Services (OV  ECS)  3.10, 3.20,
3.30, 3.31, 3.32, and 3.33 running on HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and
B.11.23, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux.

BACKGROUND:

The Hewlett-Packard Company thanks NGSSoftware for reporting this
vulnerability to security-alert@hp.com.

 ->Note:  The initial release of this Security Bulletin
 recommended moving ecscmg.ovpl from the cgi-bin directory into
 another directory.   The ecscmg.ovpl file should be restored to
 the cgi-bin directory before applying the patches listed in the
 Resolution section below.


AFFECTED VERSIONS

     Note: To determine if an HP-UX system has an affected
           version, search the output of
               "swlist -a revision -l fileset"
           for an affected fileset.  Then determine if the
           recommended patch or update is installed.

     For HP-UX OV ECS 3.32 and OV ECS 3.33
     HP-UX B.11.00
     HP-UX B.11.11
     HP-UX B.11.23
     =============
     OVECS.OVECS-CMG
  ->action: install PHSS_33538 or subsequent

     HP-UX B.11.23 (IA)
     =============
     OVECS.OVECS-CMG
  ->action: install PHSS_33539 or subsequent

     For HP-UX OV ECS 3.30 and OV ECS 3.31
     HP-UX B.11.00
     HP-UX B.11.11
     =============
     OVECS.OVECS-CMG
  ->action: install PHSS_33659 or subsequent

     For HP-UX OV ECS 3.20
     HP-UX B.11.00
     HP-UX B.11.11
     =============
     OVECS.OVECS-CMG
  ->action: install PHSS_33797 or subsequent

     For HP-UX OV ECS 3.10
     HP-UX B.11.00
     HP-UX B.11.11
     =============
     OVECS.OVECS-CMG
  ->action: install PHSS_33845 or subsequent

     For Solaris OV ECS 3.33
     SunOS 5.8
     SunOS 5.9
     SunOS 5.10
     =============
  ->action: install PSOV_03411 or subsequent

     For Solaris OV ECS 3.31
     SunOS 5.8
     SunOS 5.9
     =============
  ->action: install PSOV_03419 or subsequent

     For Solaris OV ECS 3.20
     SunOS 5.8
     SunOS 5.9
     =============
   ->action: install PSOV_03427 or subsequent

     For Solaris OV ECS 3.10
     SunOS 5.8
     SunOS 5.9
     =============
  ->action: install PSOV_03431 or subsequent

     For Windows OV ECS 3.33
     Windows NT
     Windows 2000
     Windows XP
     =============
  ->action: install ECS_00039 or subsequent

     For Windows OV ECS 3.31
     Windows NT
     Windows 2000
     Windows XP
     =============
  ->action: install ECS_00040 or subsequent

     For Windows OV ECS 3.20
     Windows NT
     Windows 2000
     =============
  ->action: install ECS_00041 or subsequent

     For Windows OV ECS 3.10
     Windows NT
     Windows 2000
     =============
  ->action: install ECS_00042 or subsequent

     For Linux OV ECS 3.33
     Linux RedHatAS2.1
     =============
  ->action: install ECSLX_00006 or subsequent


     END AFFECTED VERSIONS

RESOLUTION:

 ->HP patches to resolve this potential vulnerability are
 available for download from:

 <http://support.openview.hp.com/patches/patch_index.jsp>

HP-UX

  PHSS_33538 - OV ECS 3.33 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23
  PHSS_33538 - OV ECS 3.32 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23

  PHSS_33539 - OV ECS 3.33 - HP-UX B.11.23 (IA)
  PHSS_33539 - OV ECS 3.32 - HP-UX B.11.23 (IA)

  PHSS_33659 - OV ECS 3.31 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23
  PHSS_33659 - OV ECS 3.30 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23

  PHSS_33797 - OV ECS 3.20 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11

  PHSS_33845 - OV ECS 3.10 - HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11

Solaris

  PSOV_03411 - OV ECS 3.33 - SunOS 5.8, 5.9, 5.10

  PSOV_03419 - OV ECS 3.31 - SunOS 5.8, 5.9

  PSOV_03427 - OV ECS 3.20 - SunOS 5.8, 5.9

  PSOV_03431 - OV ECS 3.10 - SunOS 5.8, 5.9

Windows

  ECS_00039 - OV ECS 3.33 - Windows NT, 2000, XP

  ECS_00040 - OV ECS 3.31 - Windows NT, 2000, XP

  ECS_00041 - OV ECS 3.20 - Windows NT, 2000

  ECS_00042 - OV ECS 3.10 - Windows NT, 2000


Linux

  ECSLX_00006 - OV ECS 3.33 - Linux RedHatAS2.1


MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate
 ->The initial release of this Security Bulletin recommended
 moving ecscmg.ovpl from the cgi-bin directory into another
 directory.   The ecscmg.ovpl file should be restored to the
 cgi-bin directory before applying the patches listed in the
 Resolution section above.

BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY:
 Revision 0: 4 September 2005
  Initial release

 Revision 1:  3 October 2005
  Added patches.  The Background and Resolution sections
  were completely rewritten.  Only selected lines were marked
  with"->".



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