----- Forwarded message from HP Electronic Support Center ----- >From cam@europe-support.external.hp.com Mon Feb 8 19:29:57 1999 Received: from europe-support.external.hp.com (europe-support.external.hp.com [155.208.252.11]) by zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA00755 for <gucioat_private>; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:29:52 +0100 (MET) Received: (from cam@localhost) by europe-support.external.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id TAA06006; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:23:03 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:23:03 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199902081823.TAA06006@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 Feb 8 15:00:05 MET 1999 Table of Contents: Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX9902-091 Security Vulnerability with rpc.pcnfsd The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX9902-091 Date Loaded: 19990207 Title: Security Vulnerability with rpc.pcnfsd ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00091, 08 Febraury 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: rpc.pcnfsd has an error in its use of the spool directory PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800. DAMAGE: Remote and local users can compromise root access. SOLUTION: Install _all_ applicable patches listed below. Reboot required. AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background rpc.pcnfsd is a remote procedure call used by NFS clients which is a service providing username and password authentication for system which have NFS client software installed. If exploited, this defect allows the main printer spool directory used by rpc.pcnfsd to be made world writeable. B. Fixing the problem This involves installing a series of patches which require rebooting the system. The main patch requires a libc patch, which in turn requires a kernal patch. For HP-UX 10.01: PHNE_17248 For HP-UX 10.10: PHNE_17248 For HP-UX 10.20: PHNE_17098 For HP-UX 11.00: PHNE_16470 The following sets of patches will need to be installed to resolve all the documented patch dependencies. The dependencies will be satisfied by the patches listed, or any patch that supersedes them: s700 10.01: PHNE_17248, PHKL_7059, PHCO_14253; s800 10.01: PHNE_17248, PHKL_7060, PHCO_14253; s700 10.10: PHNE_17248, PHKL_8292, PHCO_14254; s800 10.10: PHNE_17248, PHKL_8293, PHCO_14254; s700 10.20: PHNE_17098, PHKL_9155, PHKL_16750, PHCO_13777, PHCO_12922, PHCO_17389, PHNE_16237, PHKL_16959, PHKL_17012, PHKL_17253, PHKL_12007; s800 10.20: PHNE_17098, PHKL_9156, PHKL_16751, PHCO_13777, PHCO_12922, PHCO_17389, PHNE_17097, PHKL_16957, PHKL_17013, PHKL_17254, PHKL_12008; s700 11.00: PHNE_16470, PHCO_16629, PHKL_15689, PHCO_14625; s800 11.00: PHNE_16470, PHCO_16629, PHKL_15689, PHCO_14625. NOTE: This problem is fixed fully in HP-UX release 11.01. C. 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