HP-UX Predictive & Netscape SSL Vulnerabilities

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Date: Wed Jul 29 1998 - 10:38:17 PDT

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    Document ID      Title
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    HPSBUX9807-081   Security Vulnerability with Predictive on HP-UX
    HPSBUX9807-080   Security Advisory with Netscape servers on HP-UX
    
    The documents are listed below.
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    Document ID:  HPSBUX9807-081
    Date Loaded:  19980728
          Title:  Security Vulnerability with Predictive on HP-UX
    
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           HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00081, 29 July 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:  Fixes a problem with the e-mail or modem traffic to and
              from on-site customer machines and Response Center Predictive
              machines.
    
    PLATFORM: HP9000 series 700/800, HP-UX releases 9.X, 10.X, and 11.00
    
    DAMAGE:   Data transfer may be compromised.
    
    SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate patch noted below.
    
    AVAILABILITY:  All patches are now available.
    
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    I.
       A. Background
          Many on-site customer machines are running Predictive.  This issue
          is relevant to those users who send Predictive messages and/or
          receive Predictive messages by modem or by e-mail, on all versions
          released to date.
    
          The predictive executable can be found in /opt/pred/bin.
    
    
       B. Fixing the problem
          The problem can be fixed by applying the appropriate Predictive
          Support cumulative patch mentioned below.
    
    
       C. Recommended solution
    
              HP-UX release  9.04    PHSS_14587 and PHSS_5788,
              HP-UX release 10.01    PHSS_15532,
              HP-UX release 10.10    PHSS_15533,
              HP-UX release 10.20    PHSS_15534,
              HP-UX release 10.30    PHSS_15535,
              HP-UX release 11.00    PHSS_14592.
    
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          Security fix which shipped with that Indepedent Product release
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    Document ID:  HPSBUX9807-080
    Date Loaded:  19980728
          Title:  Security Advisory with Netscape servers on HP-UX
    
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             HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY ADVISORY: #00080, 29 July 1998
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    The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible.
    
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    PROBLEM:   The Million Question vulnerability affects the use of RSA
               Data Security encryption algorithms with Netscape server
               products that support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).  The nature
               of the vulnerability is that a single encrypted SSL network
               conversation could be recorded and subsequently decrypted.
    
    PLATFORM:  HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 10.X and 11.00
    
    DAMAGE:    A cryptanalytic vulnerability could potentially be used to
               discover the key for a particular encrypted session through
               a process of repeatedly sending approximately one million
               carefully constructed messages to a target server and
               observing the server's response.
    
    SOLUTION:  Patches for can be downloaded from Netscape directly.
               See below for the URL.
    
    AVAILABILITY:  All patches for 3.X servers are available now.  Older
               versions will be available soon.  For updated information
               on availability please check:
    
         http://help.netscape.com/products/server/ssldiscovery/index.html
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    I.
      A. Background
    
         According to RSA Data Security, Inc.,  this potential attack
         against secure Web communications is currently the subject of
         research and has not been reported by any users.
    
         CERT has made a technical advisory on this vulnerability available
         at  http://www.cert.org/
    
    
      B. Fixing the problem
    
         The following servers and products are affected.
    
         Servers impacted:
          FastTrack, Enterprise and Proxy.
           Patches are available for those three Servers.
    
         Messaging and Collabora.
          Product replacements are available for these two Servers.
    
    
      C. Recommended solution
    
         The URL is:
          http://help.netscape.com/products/server/ssldiscovery/index.html
    
         A README file is included with each package and has detailed
         instructions for installing the patch, for Enterprise and Proxy
         Server customer.  Please ensure you download the correct version.
         There is an international version (for customer outside US) as
         well as a domestic version (for customer within US and Canada).
    
         Netscape believes deployments with higher vulnerability are:
    
         FastTrack/Enterprise Server applications using SSL to protect
         communication of sensitive data over the Internet, Proxy servers
         in secure reverse proxy mode protecting sensitive communications,
         Messaging and Collabra Servers run exclusively in SSL mode over
         an unprotected network.
    
         HP recommends that products deployed in the above situations be
         updated as soon as is practical.
    
    
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         Netscape, Messaging, Collabora, FastTrack/Enterprise Server and
         Netscape Server are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corp.
    
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    -----End of Document ID:  HPSBUX9807-080--------------------------------------
    



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