TITLE: (SSRT0794U) Tru64 UNIX Potential Overflow in IPCS New Kit Date: 16-JUL-2002 Modification Date: Not Applicable Modification Type: NEW KIT Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2002. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: Tru64 UNIX [R] 4.0F SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: DUV40FB18-C0069705-14559-ES-20020611.tar ECO Kit Approximate Size: 1.4MB Kit Applies To: Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK7 (BL18) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 02768 1390 /usr/bin/cksum results: 314873673 1423360 MD5 results: 4f4f0c73120045e4c9e341a84cc4091a SHA1 results: 304ba97f4008d59eecd6cd499258a016eb25cd24 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for Tru64 UNIX 4.0F that contains solutions to the following problem(s): The potential vulnerabilities noted below have been corrected and patches are being made available for TRU64 UNIX. - IPCS (Severity - High) o /usr/bin/ipcs potential buffer overflow (SSRT0794U) The /usr/bin/ipcs utility is used to report inter-process communication status. Buffer overflow attacks are commonly used to attempt to subvert the function of a privileged program and possibly execute commands at the elevated privileges if the program file has the set uid privilege. 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 - Tru64 UNIX 4.0F Patch Kit 8. INSTALLATION NOTES: 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. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES: You must have installed Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK7 (BL18) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR DUV40FB18-C0069705-14559-ES-20020611.tar: 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o 117-2-576 SSRT0794U * for Digital UNIX V4.0F DUV40FB18AS0007-20020102.tar (BL18) 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 Digital UNIX V4.0F Patch C697.05 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Digital UNIX V4.0F PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C697.05 Resolves the problem reported in CLD SSRT0794U 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Digital UNIX V4.0F Patch C697.05 ./usr/bin/ipcs CHECKSUM: 56664 40 SUBSET: OSFBASE440 [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.