Security Update: [CSSA-2001-SCO.30] Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: DCE SPC library buffer overflow

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    	    Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
    
    Subject:		Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: DCE SPC library buffer overflow
    Advisory number: 	CSSA-2001-SCO.30
    Issue date: 		2001 November 6
    Cross reference:
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    1. Problem Description
    	
    	The DCE SPC library is vulnerable to a network buffer overflow
    	attack. This bug manifests itself in dtspcd.
    	
    
    2. Vulnerable Versions
    
    	Operating System	Version		Affected Files
    	------------------------------------------------------------------
    	UnixWare 7		All		/usr/dt/lib/libDtSvc.so.1
    	Open UNIX		8.0.0		/usr/dt/lib/libDtSvc.so.1
    
    
    3. Workaround
    
    	None.
    
    
    4. UnixWare 7, Open UNIX 8
    
      4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
    
    	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.30/
    
    
      4.2 Verification
    
    	md5 checksums:
    	
    	8d5c98f761dd68aa108794d8ed5c70f1	erg711881.Z
    
    
    	md5 is available for download from
    
    		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
    
    
      4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
    
    	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
    
    	# uncompress /tmp/erg711881.Z
    	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711881
    
    
    5. References
    
    	CERT / ISS draft advisory VU#172583
    
    	This and other advisories are located at
    		http://stage.caldera.com/support/security
    
    	This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
    	sr854831, fz519245, and erg711881 
    
    
    6. Disclaimer
    
    	Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
    	of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
    	through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
    	to our customers, intended to promote the secure installation
    	and use of Caldera International products.
    
    
    7. Acknowledgements
    
    	This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Chris
    	Spencer of the ISS X-Force.
    
    	 
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