__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP-UX Support Tools Manager Vulnerability January 30, 2001 22:00 GMT Number L-035 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A vulnerability exists in the HP9000 series 700/800 Support Tools Manager (xstm, cstm, stm) that could result in a Denial of Service (DoS). PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.11, 11.00, and 10.20. DAMAGE: Users could cause a Denial of Service (DoS). SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as described in this bulletin. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. 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You may then unsubscribe from the appropriate digest. =============================================================================== Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest Created: Thu Jan 18 3:00:03 PST 2001 Table of Contents: Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX0101-137 Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX0101-137 Date Loaded: 20010117 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0137, 18 Jan. '01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: HP9000 series 700/800 Support Tools Manager (xstm,cstm,stm) PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.11, 11.00, and 10.20. POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could cause a Denial of Service (DoS). SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows: for 11.11: PHSS_23067, 11.00: PHSS_23066, series 800 10.20: PHSS_23065, series 700 10.20: PHSS_23064. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the Support Tool Manager application, typically used for hardware diagnostic purposes. B. 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