----- Forwarded message from HP Electronic Support Center ----- >From cam@europe-support.external.hp.com Mon Nov 16 20:08:33 MET 1998 Received: from europe-support.external.hp.com (europe-support.external.hp.com [155.208.252.11]) by zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl with ESMTP (8.8.6/8.7.3) id UAA13049 for <gucioat_private>; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:08:26 +0100 (MET) Received: (from cam@localhost) by europe-support.external.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id TAA16865; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:07:48 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:07:48 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199811161807.TAA16865@europe-support.external.hp.com> Subject: Security Bulletins Digest From: support_feedback@europe-support.external.hp.com (HP Electronic Support Center ) To: security_info@europe-support.external.hp.com Reply-To: support_feedback@europe-support.external.hp.com Errors-To: support_errors@europe-support.external.hp.com HP Support Information Digests =============================================================================== o HP Electronic Support Center World Wide Web Service --------------------------------------------------- If you subscribed through the HP Electronic Support Center and would like to be REMOVED from this mailing list, access the HP Electronic Support Center on the World Wide Web at: http://europe-support.external.hp.com Login using your HP Electronic Support Center User ID and Password. Then select Support Information Digests. You may then unsubscribe from the appropriate digest. =============================================================================== Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest Created: Mon Nov 16 15:00:15 MET 1998 Table of Contents: Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX9811-087 Security Vulnerability in vacation The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX9811-087 Date Loaded: 19981115 Title: Security Vulnerability in vacation <pre> <a name="Text1">------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00087, 16 November 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in the following Security Bulletin 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 Bulletin as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM: The vacation program erroneously passes parameters to sendmail. PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 9.X, 10.X and 11.0. DAMAGE: Remote users could modify system files. SOLUTION: Install the patches listed below. AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background The vacation program shipped with HP-UX in /usr/bin/vacation suffers from a fault in that it misunderstands it's inputs and invokes sendmail with the wrong parameters. Both sendmail 5.65 and 8.7.6 are vulnerable to this malady. Also the vacation program ignores a TO: header when the "O" is upper case. B. Fixing the problem Install the applicable patch: HP-UX revision 11.X for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16295 HP-UX revision 10.20 for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_14042 HP-UX revision 10.0X-10 for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16726 HP-UX revision 9.X for HP9000 Series 7/800: PHNE_16725 C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins from the HP Electronic Support Center via electronic mail, do the following: Use 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) Login with your user ID and password (or register for one). Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password. Once you are in the Main Menu: To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, click on "Support Information Digests". To -review- bulletins already released from the main Menu, click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database." 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