TITLE: SSRT2339 (ypxfrd) and SSRT2368 (ypserv) - HP Tru64 UNIX Potential Security Vulnerability New Kit Date: 10-OCT-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-C0083701-15595-ES-20020930 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 1.6MB Kit Applies To: Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK7 (BL18) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 19434 1610 /usr/bin/cksum results: 2665026125 1648640 MD5 results: 481bc527dde77e0a53cf2e4f15031342 SHA1 results: 97596185e5ff5c8ecd14de8656af4dff5e9b4c3f ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for Tru64 UNIX 4.0F 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: o SSRT2339 - ypxfrd (Severity - High) o 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. 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: 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 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-C0083701-15595-ES-20020930: 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o 94775 94971 SSRT2339 SSRT2368 * 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 C837.01 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Digital UNIX V4.0F PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C837.01 Fix for SSRT2339, ypxfrd, SSRT2368, ypserv 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Digital UNIX V4.0F Patch C837.01 ./usr/sbin/ypserv CHECKSUM: 44788 64 SUBSET: OSFINET440 ./usr/sbin/ypxfrd CHECKSUM: 04582 32 SUBSET: OSFINET440 [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.