TITLE: HP TruCluster Server Cluster Interconnect Potential Security Vulnerability

New Kit Date:       06-MAR-2003
Modification Date:  Not Applicable
Modification Type:  NEW KIT
 
Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003.  All rights reserved.


PRODUCT:    HP TruCluster Server [R] 5.1
SOURCE:     Hewlett-Packard Company

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Name:  TCV51B20-C0035800-17180-ES-20030304
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  2.64MB 
     Kit Applies To:  HP TruCluster Server 5.1 PK6 (BL20)

     ECO Kit CHECKSUMS:
	/usr/bin/sum results:  
	60556   2700

	/usr/bin/cksum results: 
	1574041785 2764800

	MD5 results:   
	fb8ca31a514505c23d07dd5f6569da3e

	SHA1 results:
	8d26cc087ea9c4db8d0da90892d2b84fb34f1751


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP TruCluster Server 5.1 that
contains solutions to the following problem(s):

A potential security vulnerability has been discovered in HP TruCluster Server 
software that may result in a denial of service (DoS). This potential vulnerability 
may be in the form of local and remote security domain risks. 

The following potential security vulnerability has been corrected:

SSRT2265 Cluster Interconnect  (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.


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 TruCluster Server 5.1 PK6 (BL20) prior to installing 
this Early Release Patch Kit.



KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT:

None.


RELEASE NOTES FOR TCV51B20-C0035800-17180-ES-20030304:


			 Release Notes

     This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the 
     TruCluster Server V5.1 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 SSRT2265 
             * for TruCluster Server V5.1 T64V51B20AS0006-20030210.tar (BL20)

 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
	> copy the kit to /tmp/CSPkit1
	> tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar
	> cd patch_kit
	> ./dupatch

2 Special Instructions

There are no special instructions for TruCluster Server V5.1 Patch C358.00


3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit


TruCluster Server V5.1

PatchId			Summary Of Fix
----------------------------------------
C358.00			Fix for SSRT2265, cluster interconnect


4 Additional information from Engineering


None



5 Affected system files
This patch delivers the following files:

TruCluster Server V5.1
	Patch C358.00
		./usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US.ISO8859-1/clu_upgrade.cat
			CHECKSUM:	30557 20
			SUBSET:	TCRBASE510
		./usr/sbin/clu_upgrade
			CHECKSUM:	26089 78
			SUBSET:	TCRBASE510
		./usr/sbin/cluster/clu_ifaccess
			CHECKSUM:	62108 6
			SUBSET:	TCRBASE510



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       This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process.
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       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.