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      ESB-1999.089 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX9906-099
               Security Vulnerability HP Visualize Conference
                                30 June 1999

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Hewlett-Packard has released the following bulletin concerning a
vulnerability in the HP-UX Series 700 HP Visualize Conference ftp
capability's default configuration.  This vulnerability may allow
denial of service attacks or unauthorised access.

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Document ID:  HPSBUX9906-099
Date Loaded:  19990628
      Title:  Security Vulnerability HP Visualize Conference

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00099, 29 June 1999
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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 Advisory as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM:  There is a problem with the HP Visualize Conference ftp
          capability's default configuration.

PLATFORM: HP-UX Series 700, release 10.20

DAMAGE:   Possible denial of service or unauthorized access.

SOLUTION: Apply PHSS_17168.

AVAILABILITY: The patch is available now.
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I.
   A. Background - HP Visualize Conference is a T-120 conference
      solution for HP-UX Workstations.  The HP Visualize Conference ftp
      capability allows a conference participant to push a file to all
      other participants.


   B. Recommended solution - Apply PHSS_17168.

      As a general comment not specifically related to this vulnerability,
      the user should establish some means of authenticating conference
      participants.


   C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
      Bulletins or access the HP Electronic Support Center, use your
      browser to get to our ESC web page at:

      http://us-support.external.hp.com   (for non-European locations), or
      http://europe-support.external.hp.com  (for Europe)

      Login with your user ID and password (or register for one). Remember
      to save the User ID/password assigned to you.

      Once you are in the Main Menu:

    To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins,
       click on "Support Information Digests".
    To -review Security bulletins already released-,
        click on the "Search Technical Knowledge Database."
    To -retrieve patches-, click on "Individual Patches" and select
        appropriate release and locate with the patch identifier (ID).
    To -browse the HP Security Bulletin Archive-,  select the link at
        the bottom of the page once in the "Support Information Digests".
    To -view the Security Patch Matrix-, (updated daily) which
        categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by
        bulletin topic, go to the archive (above) and follow the links.

    The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp:
    us-ffs.external.hp.com   or  ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix


   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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