----- Forwarded message from HP Electronic Support Center ----- >From cam@us-support.external.hp.com Mon Dec 7 16:40:15 1998 Received: from hpcc929.external.hp.com (us-support.external.hp.com [192.151.11.27]) by atro.pine.nl (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA24188 for <patrickat_private>; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:40:08 +0100 (MET) Received: (from cam@localhost) by hpcc929.external.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.5tis) id HAA03107; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:34:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:34:20 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812071534.HAA03107at_private> Subject: Security Bulletins Digest From: support_feedback@us-support.external.hp.com (HP Electronic Support Center ) To: security_info@us-support.external.hp.com Reply-To: support_feedback@us-support.external.hp.com Errors-To: support_errors@us-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://us-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 Dec 7 6:34:58 PST 1998 Table of Contents: Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX9812-090 Security Vulnerability in remote network commands HPSBUX9812-089 Security Vulnerability in sendmail The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX9812-090 Date Loaded: 19981206 Title: Security Vulnerability in remote network commands <pre> <a name="Text1">------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00090, 07 December 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: Various remote network commands have security defects. PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800 DAMAGE: Users can access unauthorized files / gain increased privileges. SOLUTION: Apply the cummulative patch listed below AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Various HP-UX remote network commands (r-cmnds) in the fileset InternetSrvcs.INETSVCS-RUN have been enhanced. These include remshd(1M), rexecd(1M), rlogind(1M), rlogin(1), remsh(1), rcp(1), rexec(1), and rdist(1). All of these commands have been bundled into one convenient patch to address various operational and security defects noted the recent past. B. Fixing the problem - Install patch: for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01 and 10.10: PHNE_13618, or for HP-UX 10.20 and 10.30: PHNE_13619, or for HP-UX 11.00: PHNE_16091. NOTE: The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected. 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." Near the bottom of the next page, click on "Browse the HP Security Bulletin Archive". Once in the archive there is another link to our current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic. The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp: us-ffs.external.hp.com ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to security-alertat_private 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-alertat_private Permission is granted for copying and circulating this Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems, if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes. Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not liable for any misuse of this information by any third party. ________________________________________________________________________ </pre> -----End of Document ID: HPSBUX9812-090-------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX9812-089 Date Loaded: 19981206 Title: Security Vulnerability in sendmail <pre> <a name="Text1">------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00089, 07 December 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: sendmail releases are vulnerable to mail spamming PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800. DAMAGE: Remote users can compromise system integrity. SOLUTION: Apply the patches below. AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Some important features provided by 8.8.6 includes a new group of rulesets to avoid mail "spamming" (i.e., sending of unsolicited mail to large number of users) and to prevent mail "spammers" from using your host as a mail relay point. Sendmail 8.8.6 provides four new named rulesets which can be used to check and reject abusive mail messages. Patches are available from the Electronic Support Center (ESC) patch hub for HP-UX 10.20, 10.30, and 11.0. An upgrade is available for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01, and 10.10. Hewlett-Packard recommends installing sendmail 8.8.6 for HP-UX 10.00, 10.01, and 10.10 as an optional version upgrade. This upgrade is not available from the Electronic Support Center (ESC) patch hub, but from: http://www.software.hp.com/software/HPsoftware/Sendmail/index.html There are numerous new configuration options available and various issues involved in upgrading to Sendmail 8.8.6. The URL above provides additional information regarding the impact of the upgrade. B. Fixing the problem - For the HP-UX releases listed below, an official patch is available. For HP-UX release 10.20: PHNE_12836, HP-UX release 10.30: PHNE_12866, HP-UX release 11.00: PHNE_15509. NOTE: The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected. 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." Near the bottom of the next page, click on "Browse the HP Security Bulletin Archive". Once in the archive there is another link to our current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic. The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp: us-ffs.external.hp.com ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to security-alertat_private 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-alertat_private Permission is granted for copying and circulating this Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems, if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes. Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not liable for any misuse of this information by any third party. ________________________________________________________________________ </pre> -----End of Document ID: HPSBUX9812-089-------------------------------------- ----- End of forwarded message from HP Electronic Support Center ----- -- : Patrick Oonk - http://patrick.mypage.org/ - patrickat_private : : Pine Internet B.V. Consultancy, installatie en beheer : : Tel: +31-70-3111010 - Fax: +31-70-3111011 - http://www.pine.nl/ : : ----- Pine Security Digest - http://www.pine.nl/ (Dutch) ------ : : "unix is voor types zonder sociaal leven..." - Patrick van Eijk :
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