__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Center ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP OpenView Network Node Manager Security Vulnerability June 27, 2001 23:00 GMT Number L-102a [Revised Aug. 24, 2001 - HP Revision 1.0] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Vulnerability exists in HP Openview Network Node Manager which allows a user to gain unauthorized privileges. PLATFORM: HP 9000 Servers running HP-UX releases 10.20 and 11.00 (only), Solaris releases 2.X, Windows NT4.X/Windows 2000 running NNM 6.1 DAMAGE: A malicious user may obtain unauthorized privileges under certain conditions. SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate HP patches for your system. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. The vulnerability allows users to obtain ASSESSMENT: unauthorized privileges. ______________________________________________________________________________ [****** Start HP Advisory ******] Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX0106-154 Sec. Vulnerability in OpenView NNM (rev.1) The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID HPSBUX0106-154 Date Loaded 20010823 Title Sec. Vulnerability in OpenView NNM (rev.1) --------------------------------------------------------------- **REVISED01**HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN #0154, Originally issued 20 June '01 LAST REVISED 21 August '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. --------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM It is possible to gain unauthorized privileges in OpenView Network Node Manager. PLATFORM HP9000 Servers running HP-UX releases 10.20 and 11.00 (only). Sun Microsystems SOLARIS releases 2.X Microsoft Windows NT4.X / Windows 2000 running NNM 6.1 DAMAGE A malicious user may obtain unauthorized privileges under certain conditions. SOLUTION Apply one of these patches HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000 PHSS_23780 PHSS_23779 PSOV_02905 NNM_00698 **REV 01** ------>> Note NNM 6.2 is not vulnerable. AVAILABILITY These four patches are Special Release patches are available only from http//ovweb.external.hp.com/cpe/patches/ They are not available from the ITRC. CHANGE SUMMARY Clarification in Section B below and the SOLUTION section above. -------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has been notified of a vulnerability in its OpenView Network Node Manager. It is possible to gain unauthorized privileges. B. Fixing the problem Apply one of these patches HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000 PHSS_23780 PHSS_23779 PSOV_02905 NNM_00698 or a superseding patch. Searching http//ovweb.external.hp.com/cpe/patches/ for one of the patch numbers above will direct you to the latest superseding patch. **REV 01** ------>> Although versions of NNM prior to NNM 6.1 are not ------>> vulnerable in their default configuration, it is possible ------>> to modify the default configuration so as to make those ------>> versions vulnerable. Therefore, we recommend that all ------>> customers update to NNM 6.2 or install the appropriate ------>> patches for NNM 6.1. ------>> ------>> The patches listed above have been superseeded. If you ------>> have NNM 6.1 and have installed one of the patches listed ------>> above, no further action is required. The patches listed ------>> above are no longer available. These are the latest patches ------>> that solve the security problem in NNM 6.1 ------>> ------>> HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000 ------>> PHSS_24443 PHSS_24442 PSOV_02956 NNM_00743 ------>> ------>> Note one way to determine whether NNM is installed on ------>> your system is to run the following command ------>> ------>> swlist | grep "Network Node Manager" C. 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