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ESB-1999.189 -- HP SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBUX9912-106 -- Security Vulnerability in wu-ftp
Date: 14 December 1999

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             ESB-1999.189 -- HP SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBUX9912-106
                      Security Vulnerability in wu-ftp
                              14 December 1999

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Hewlett-Packard has released the following advisory concerning multiple 
vulnerabilities in wu-ftp, including a buffer overrun mentioned in AUSCERT 
Advisory AA-1999.02. These vulnerabilities affect wu-ftpd on HP9000 series 
7/800 servers running HP-UX release 11.00.  These vulnerabilities may allow 
local and remote users to gain root access.


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Document ID:  HPSBUX9912-106
Date Loaded:  19991212
      Title:  Security Vulnerability in wu-ftp

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00106, 13 Dec. 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 Bulletin as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM:  Multiple vulnerabilities in wu-ftp software.

PLATFORM: HP9000 series 7/800 servers running HP-UX release 11.00 only.

DAMAGE:   Any user can gain root privileges.

SOLUTION: Apply the patch noted below.

AVAILABILITY:  The patch is available now.

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I.
   A. Background
      Starting with HP-UX release 11.00, Hewlett-Packard has made
      available the ported wu-ftp code.  There are buffer overruns in
      the wu-ftpd plus corrections to other client functionality as
      mentioned in AUSCERT AA-1999.02 Advisory, dated 19 October 1999.
      See www.auscert.org.au.

      HP-UX release 10.20 supports only our legacy ftp and is not affected.
      Release 11.00 is, however, vulnerable and needs this patch.  Our
      patch addresses the vulnerabilities that have been fixed in the
      2.6.0 release of wu-ftpd which has been made available by the
      WU-FTPD Development Group.

   B. Fixing the problem - Install patch PHNE_18377.

   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://us-support.external.hp.com
               (for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)
        http://europe-support.external.hp.com     (for Europe)

      Under the Maintenance and Support Menu (Electronic Support Center):
        click on the "more..." link.  Then -

      To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, or
      To -review- bulletins already released
        click on "Support Information Digests" near the bottom of the
        page, under "Notifications".

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

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

      Once in the archive the third link is to our current Security
      Patch Matrix.  Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security
      patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic.

      The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp:

      us-ffs.external.hp.com
      ~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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