TITLE: SSRT2394 - HP TruCluster Server ICS Potential DoS Security Vulnerability New Kit Date: 11-DEC-2002 Modification Date: Not Applicable Modification Type: NEW KIT Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2002. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: TruCluster Server [R] 5.1A SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: TCV51AB3-C0012000-16058-ES-20021114 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2.8 MB Kit Applies To: TruCluster Server 5.1A PK3 (BL3) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 58072 2820 /usr/bin/cksum results: 1651153349 2887680 MD5 results: 3dafd38547861f1779083e37d4c8920c SHA1 results: c4af5cb3ab34883530a807009cc1bf8f427ad9c5 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for TruCluster Server 5.1A that contains solutions to the following problem: A potential security vulnerability has been discovered that may result in a denial of service (DoS) on HP TruCluster Server systems. This potential security vulnerability may be in the form of local and remote security domain risks. The following potential vulnerability has been corrected: SSRT2394 ICS - (Severity - High) ICS = Internode Communication Subsystem 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. The patches in this ERP kit will also be available in the next mainstream patch kit: - TruCluster Server 5.1A Patch Kit 4 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) This ERP kit will not install over any installed Customer Specific Patches (CSPs) that 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. 3) The ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any other available ERPs for this product version. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES: You must have installed TruCluster Server 5.1A PK3 (BL3) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR TCV51AB3-C0012000-16058-ES-20021114: 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o SSRT2394 * for TruCluster Server V5.1A T64V51AB03AS0003-20020827.tar (BL3) 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 > > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar > cd patch_kit > ./dupatch 2 Special Instructions There are no special instructions for TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C120.00 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit TruCluster Server V5.1A PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C120.00 Fix for IPMT SSRT2394 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C120.00 ./usr/opt/TruCluster/sys/ics_ll_tcp.mod CHECKSUM: 62778 391 SUBSET: TCRBASE520 [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2002. All Rights reserved. This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology of Hewlett-Packard Company. Possession, use, or copying of this software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor. 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.