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ESB-2002.349 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #0200 -- Sec. Vulnerability in CIFS/9000
Date: 18 July 2002

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     ESB-2002.349 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #0200
                      Sec. Vulnerability in CIFS/9000
                               18 July 2002

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                CIFS/9000 Client version A.01.06 or earlier
Vendor:                 Hewlett-Packard
Operating System:       HP-UX 11.11
                        HP-UX 11.00
Platform:               HP9000
Impact:                 Increased Privileges
Access Required:        Local

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #0200,
    Originally issued: 15 July 2002
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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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PROBLEM: Early CIFS/9000 Client versions contain executable commands
         with setuid root permission set.

PLATFORM: HP9000 systems running CIFS/9000 Client version A.01.06
          or earlier on HP-UX releases 11.00 and 11.11.

DAMAGE:   Increased privilege potential

SOLUTION: Update to CIFS/9000 Client version A.01.07, or later.

MANUAL ACTIONS: Remove suid permissions on CIFS commands on A.01.06
                and earlier versions, or update to A.01.07.

AVAILABILITY: Updates have been available since June 2002 on HP Software
              Depot www.software.hp.com, as well as Application
              Release CD's AR0602 for HP-UX.

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 A. Background
    HP's CIFS/9000 Client is based on a third-party product called
    Sharity.  HP has been made aware of a potential vulnerability with
    the CIFS/9000 client that may allow local users to gain additional
    privileges.

 B. Recommended solution

    Install CIFS/9000 Client version A.01.07 or later.  The version is
    available for free now as Product B8724AA on HP Software Depot
    http://www.software.hp.com.

 C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
    Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic
    mail, do the following:

    Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page at:

       http://itrc.hp.com

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    To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins or other
    Technical Digests, click the check box (in the left column)
    for the appropriate digest and then click the "Update
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    or

    To -review- bulletins already released, select the link
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    To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select
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    bottom of the page)  Once in the archive the third link is
    to the current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this
    matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release,
    and by bulletin topic.  Security Patch Check completely
    automates the process of reviewing the patch matrix for
    11.XX systems.

    For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see:
    http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/
    displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA"

    The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous
    ftp:

    ftp.itrc.hp.com:~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix

    On the "Support Information Digest Main" page:
    click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive".


 D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

     security-alert@hp.com

    Please encrypt any exploit information using the
    security-alert PGP key, available from your local key
    server, or by sending a message with a -subject- (not body)
    of 'get key' (no quotes) to security-alert@hp.com.

    Permission is granted for copying and circulating this
    Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet
    community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems,
    if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in
    any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction
    and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes.

    Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not
    liable for any misuse of this information by any third party.
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