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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                             
           ESB-97.067 -- Hewlett-Packard Security Bulletin #00062
                               29 May 1997

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Hewlett-Packard has released the following security bulletin concerning
a vulnerability in VirtualVault A.01.01. The VirtualVault Transaction
Server product provides for secure data connections to CGI programs.  If
the CGI program invoked does not completely read its input data, subsequent
CGI programs could receive a previous CGI's input data.  This data
corruption could result in users requests being refused by the CGI, or
stale data being input (and visible) into the current CGI.

The following security bulletin is provided as a service to AUSCERT's
members. As AUSCERT did not write this document, AUSCERT has had no control
over its content.  As such, the decision to use any or all of this
information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should
be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

Contact information for Hewlett-Packard is included in the Security
Bulletin below.  If you have any questions or need further information,
please contact them directly.

If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AUSCERT or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams).

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          HEWLETT PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00062, 28 May 1997
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 The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon
 as soon as possible.  Hewlett Packard 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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PROBLEM:  Errant CGI programs running on VirtualVault A.01.01 can
          cause data corruption.

PLATFORM: VirtualVault Transaction Server version A.01.01 only.

DAMAGE:   Errant CGI programs can cause data corruption which would
          be visible in subsequent CGI invocations.

SOLUTION: Apply patch PHSS_10337 to correct the vulnerability.

AVAILABILITY: The patch is available now.
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   Hewlett-Packard recommends that the information in the following
   Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.
   Hewlett- Packard 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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 I. CGI Data Corruption

    A. Nature of the problem

       The VirtualVault Transaction Server product provides for secure
       data connections to CGI programs. If the CGI program invoked does
       not completely read its input data, subsequent CGI programs could
       receive a previous CGI's input data.  This data corruption could
       result in users requests being refused by the CGI, or stale data
       being input (and visible) into the current CGI.

    B. Fixing the problem

       The problem can be eliminated by applying a patch to your
       installation.

    C. Recommended Solution

       Hewlett-Packard recommends that PHSS_10337 is applied to all
       systems running VirtualVault Transaction Server Version A.01.01.
       Note that this patch is not needed for versions A.01.00 or
       A.02.00, as the problem does not exist in these versions.


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