TITLE: SSRT2339 ypxfrd and SSRT2368 ypserv - HP Tru64 UNIX Potential Security Vulnerability

New Kit Date:       06-MAR-2003
Modification Date:  Not Applicable
Modification Type:  NEW KIT 

Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003.  All rights reserved.


PRODUCT:    HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1
SOURCE:     Hewlett-Packard Company

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Name:  T64V51B20-C0171900-17167-ES-20030303
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  2.63MB 
     Kit Applies To:  HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20)

     ECO Kit CHECKSUMS:
	/usr/bin/sum results:  
	27206   2690

	/usr/bin/cksum results: 
	4289201277 2754560

	MD5 results:   
	78fb6777f2a1e7c312f9fbb6aa1c01d4

	SHA1 results:
	e331d3e13b33cd50c0a7b7466751871cbed90c8b


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1 that
contains solutions to the following problem(s):

Potential security vulnerabilities have been reported in the HP Tru64 UNIX 
operating system that may result in unauthorized read access to files on the 
YP server. These potential vulnerabilities may be in the form of local and 
remote security domain risks.

The following potential security vulnerabilities have been corrected: 


     SSRT2339 - ypxfrd   (Severity - High) 
     SSRT2368 - ypserv   (Severity - High)


The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release
Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions
and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to 
installing patches on your system.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch
   kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed
   system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining
   capability.

2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any
   other ERP available at this time for this product version.

3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs)
   which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal
   Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is
   blocked by any of your installed CSPs.


INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES:

You must have installed HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20) prior to installing 
this Early Release Patch Kit.


SUPERCEEDED PATCH LIST:

None.
	

KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT:

None.


RELEASE NOTES FOR T64V51B20-C0171900-17167-ES-20030303:


			 Release Notes

     This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the 
     Tru64 UNIX V5.1 patches contained in this kit.

     For information about installing or removing patches, baselining, 
     and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation 
     Instructions document. 

1 Release Notes


This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains:

   - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: 
        o 94775 94971 SSRT2339 SSRT2368 
             * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 T64V51B20AS0006-20030210.tar (BL20)

 The patches in this kit are being released early for general customer use.
 Refer to the Release Notes for a summary of each patch and installation 
 prerequisites.

 Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory 
 in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system:

	> mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1
	> cd /tmp/CSPkit1
	> copy the kit to /tmp/CSPkit1
	> tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar
	> cd patch_kit
	> ./dupatch

2 Special Instructions

There are no special instructions for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 Patch C1719.00


3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit


Tru64 UNIX V5.1

PatchId			Summary Of Fix
----------------------------------------
C1719.00		Fix for SSRT2339, ypxfrd & SSRT2368, ypserv


4 Additional information from Engineering


None



5 Affected system files
This patch delivers the following files:

Tru64 UNIX V5.1
	Patch C1719.00
		./usr/sbin/ypserv
			CHECKSUM:	37374 62
			SUBSET:	OSFINET510
		./usr/sbin/ypxfrd
			CHECKSUM:	24162 40
			SUBSET:	OSFINET510



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       This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process.
       Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard
       makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The
       customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection
       and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.