TITLE: SSRT3653 - HP Tru64 UNIX BIND V8 Potential Security Vulnerability Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1A SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: T64KIT0023082-V51AB24-ES-20040728 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 4.32MB Kit Applies To: HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1A PK6 (BL24) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 22917 4420 /usr/bin/cksum results: 4095061360 4526080 MD5 results: 2fa00fa4d57d4d2e00537b848c2e61bf SHA1 results: 6e60df783832e5f0b6d2057a1f9e408ad40724c9 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1A that contains solutions to the following problem(s): A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Tru64 UNIX BIND version 8 code that could result in a local or remotely exploited Denial of Service (DoS). HP has corrected the following potential security vulnerability: SSRT3653 - BIND v8 (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 - HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1A Patch Kit 7. 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 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 5.1A PK6 (BL24) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. SUPERSEDE INFORMATION: To correct a kitting problem involving NHD7 installation, kit T64KIT0020675-V51AB24-ES-20031113 has been replaced by kit T64KIT0023082-V51AB24-ES-20040728 KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR T64KIT0023082-V51AB24-ES-20040728: [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 Tru64 UNIX V5.1A 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 SSRT3653 * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1A T64V51AB24AS0006-20031031.tar (BL24) 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 V5.1A Patch C1443.00 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Tru64 UNIX V5.1A PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C1443.00 Fix for SSRT3653, BIND v8 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Tru64 UNIX V5.1A Patch C1443.00 ./sbin/named CHECKSUM: 08405 895 SUBSET: OSFINET520 ./usr/bin/nslookup CHECKSUM: 34444 556 SUBSET: OSFCLINET520 ./usr/sbin/named CHECKSUM: 22336 1043 SUBSET: OSFINET520 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.