__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Center ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Hewlett-Packard mkacct Program Vulnerability [Hewlett-Packard Security Bulletin #0161] July 19, 2001 20:00 GMT Number L-119 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A security vulnerability exists in the mkacct program. PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS), VirtualVault only. DAMAGE: Potential unauthorized privileged access. SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate patch for the VirtualVault release as prescribed by Hewlett-Packard. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. The /sbin/mkacct program incorrectly performs ASSESSMENT: its functions, with a potential to allow unauthorized privileged access. ______________________________________________________________________________ [****** Start Hewlett-Packard Security Bulletin ******] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0161 19 July '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: Security Vulnerability in mkacct program. PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS), VirtualVault only. DAMAGE: Potential unauthorized privileged access. SOLUTION: Install the appropriate patch for the VirtualVault release: VirtualVault 4.0 PHSS_24169, VirtualVault 4.5 PHSS_24212. AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has discovered that the /sbin/mkacct program incorrectly performs its functions, with a potential to allow unauthorized privileged access. II. Recommended solution Application of the appropriate patch selected from the list below completely solves this problem. For VirtualVault releases: VirtualVault 4.0 PHSS_24169, VirtualVault 4.5 PHSS_24212. III. 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 Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login using your ID and password. 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