TITLE: SSRT4800, SSRT4802 - Tru64 UNIX X Window System Potential Security Vulnerabilities Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 4.0F SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: DUXKIT0023855-V40FB22-ES-20041007 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 3.75MB Kit Applies To: HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8 (BL22) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 36504 3840 /usr/bin/cksum results: 2764021486 3932160 MD5 results: 535108d51461f2f53ba30805d57e7e7d SHA1 results: 18558fd10875251520842fc1295d8250be58aa7b ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F that contains solutions to the following problem(s): A potential file permissions vulnerability and a potential buffer overflow have been reported in the X Window System as shipped with HP Tru64 UNIX. The potential vulnerabilities are locally exploitable, resulting in unauthorized privileged access. SSRT4800, SSRT4802 - X Window System (Severity - High) Cross References: CERT VU#820006 VU#667502 VU#106238 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 4.0F PK8 (BL22) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. SUPERSEDE INFORMATION: None KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR DUXKIT0023855-V40FB22-ES-20041007: [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. 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. Release Notes This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the Digital UNIX V4.0F 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 SSRT4800 SSRT4802 * for Digital UNIX V4.0F DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730.tar (BL22) This kit includes a patch which requires system reboot. 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 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS for Digital UNIX V4.0F Patch C1076.00 After installing this patch on systems that do not have DECnet enabled, you will notice new messages from the X server and the X font server. For example: _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for dnet/:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for dnet These are informational messages and may be ignored. 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Digital UNIX V4.0F PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C1076.00 Fixes for SSRT4800 and SSRT4802 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Digital UNIX V4.0F Patch C1076.00 ./usr/bin/X11/xfs CHECKSUM: 04802 225 SUBSET: OSFXMIT440 ./usr/lib/libICE.a CHECKSUM: 02359 153 SUBSET: OSFXLIBA440 ./usr/shlib/X11/libfont.so CHECKSUM: 15408 200 SUBSET: OSFX11440 ./usr/shlib/X11/libfr_fs.so CHECKSUM: 49738 128 SUBSET: OSFX11440 ./usr/shlib/X11/libos.so CHECKSUM: 56725 256 SUBSET: OSFSER440 ./usr/shlib/libICE.so CHECKSUM: 25398 160 SUBSET: OSFX11440 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.