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] 5.1A SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: T64V51AB3-C0065801-15605-ES-20021001 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2.6MB Kit Applies To: Tru64 UNIX 5.1A PK3 (BL3) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 24349 2550 /usr/bin/cksum results: 4208484722 2611200 MD5 results: b8de8bc9de0d7efd9b233b7a734be52c SHA1 results: 329ba05132aea8d07c2721e0661d5f85f4dd591e ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for Tru64 UNIX 5.1A 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 5.1A 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 Tru64 UNIX 5.1A PK3 (BL3) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR T64V51AB3-C0065801-15605-ES-20021001: 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o 94775 94971 SSRT2339 SSRT2368 * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1A T64V51AB03AS0003-20020827.tar (BL3) 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 C658.01 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Tru64 UNIX V5.1A PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C658.01 Fix for SSRT2339, ypxfrd, SSRT2368, ypserv 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Tru64 UNIX V5.1A Patch C658.01 ./usr/sbin/ypserv CHECKSUM: 27266 70 SUBSET: OSFINET520 ./usr/sbin/ypxfrd CHECKSUM: 24172 41 SUBSET: OSFINET520 [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.