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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

       ESB-2001.118 -- HP Support Information Digests HPSBUX0103-146
                     Sec. Vulnerability in crontab(1)
                               21 March 2001

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                crontab
Vendor:                 Hewlett-Packard
Operating System:       HP-UX 11.00
                        HP-UX 11.04
                        HP-UX 10.24
                        HP-UX 10.20
                        HP-UX 10.10
                        HP-UX 10.01
Platform:               HP9000 Series 800
                        HP9000 Series 700
Impact:                 Denial of Service
Access Required:        Existing Account

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Document ID:  HPSBUX0103-146
Date Loaded:  20010318
      Title:  Sec. Vulnerability in crontab(1)

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   HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0146, 19 Mar. '01
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    The information in the following Security Bulletin should be
    acted upon as soon as possible.  Hewlett-Packard Company will
    not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting
    from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in
    this Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
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ISSUE:  crontab(1) contains a buffer overflow.

PLATFORM:  HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.00,
           11.04, 10.20, 10.24, 10.10, and 10.01.

POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could compromise system availability.

SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows:
                 for 11.00:           PHCO_22767,
                     11.04:           PHCO_23429,
                     10.20:           PHCO_22768,
                     10.24:           PHCO_23455,
                     10.10:           PHCO_22769,
                     10.01:           PHCO_22770.

AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now.
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I.
    A. Background
       Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the
       crontab(1) in various releases of the HP-UX OS.

    B. Fixing the problem The problem can be fully resolved by
       applying the appropriate patches to the system.
       For HP-UX releases
                     11.00:           PHCO_22767,
                     11.04:           PHCO_23429,
                     10.20:           PHCO_22768,
                     10.24:           PHCO_23455,
                     10.10:           PHCO_22769,
                     10.01:           PHCO_22770.

       NOTE: The VVOS 10.24 patch has dependencies.

       While a reboot is not required, shutting down cron (by executing
       as root /sbin/init.d/cron stop) will assure that new instances
       are running the correct, now patched, binary.

       NOTE:
       Both of the VVOS patches (10.24 and 11.04) cannot automatically
       start cron(1M) during its installation.  Therefore, to get the
       functionality of the new cron(1M) one of the following *MUST*
       occur:

         - the system must be rebooted during or after the
           installation of the patch, or

         - cron must be stopped and started manually using
           the commands:

               /sbin/init.d/cron stop
               /sbin/init.d/cron start


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