TITLE: HP Tru64 UNIX Sendmail Potential Security Vulnerability Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1B SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: T64KIT0020135-V51BB22-ES-20031001 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2.42MB Kit Applies To: HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK2 (BL22) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 22941 2480 /usr/bin/cksum results: 2752332098 2539520 MD5 results: 9084dff5237b84ec8d821ebb3952e440 SHA1 results: 1ac79a13ab41dc3dc8a73a5ddeae31c7925838c4 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B that contains solutions to the following problem(s): A potential security vulnerability has been identified in sendmail where a buffer overflow could result in a local or remote user gaining unauthorized privileged access. The correction for this vulnerability is being delivered to both the Tru64 UNIX Base OS or as an update to versions of sendmail delivered via Internet Express(IX). The following potential security vulnerability has been corrected: SSRT3631 sendmail (Severity - HIGH) CERT Advisory Reference: CA-2003-25 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 - HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B 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) 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 5.1B PK2 (BL22) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR T64KIT0020135-V51BB22-ES-20031001: Release Notes This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the Tru64 UNIX V5.1B 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 SSRT3631 * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1B T64V51BB22AS0002-20030415.tar (BL22) 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 Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Patch C298.00 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Tru64 UNIX V5.1B PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C298.00 Fix for SSRT3631, sendmail 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Patch C298.00 ./usr/sbin/mailq CHECKSUM: 42172 715 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./usr/sbin/newaliases CHECKSUM: 42172 715 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./usr/sbin/sendmail CHECKSUM: 42172 715 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./usr/sbin/sendmail.v8.11.1 CHECKSUM: 42172 715 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./usr/sbin/smtpd CHECKSUM: 42172 715 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2003. 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.