__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP-UX Running HP Secure Shell Vulnerability [HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev. 1] November 30, 2007 22:00 GMT Number S-062 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running HP Secure Shell. PLATFORM: HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 running HP Secure Shell DAMAGE: Could be exploited remotely to gain extended privileges. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Could be exploited remotely to gain ASSESSMENT: extended privileges. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-062.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: Visit Hewlett-Packard Subscription Service for: HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev. 1 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-4752 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev. 1 *****] Submitted Date: Wed Nov 07 08:02:27 EST 2007 Title: HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev.1 - HP-UX Running HP Secure Shell, Remotely Gain Extended Privileges Document ID: emr_na-c01271085-1 Last Modified Date: Wed Nov 07 19:27:01 EST 2007 You may provide feedback on this document HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev.1 - HP-UX Running HP Secure Shell, Remotely Gain Extended Privileges Remotely gain extended privileges A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running HP Secure Shell. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to gain extended privileges. CVE-2007-4752 HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 running HP Secure Shell To determine if an HP-UX system has an affected version, search the output of "swlist -a revision -l fileset" for one of the filesets listed below. For affected systems verify that the recommended action has been taken. AFFECTED VERSIONS HP-UX B.11.11 ============== Secure_Shell.SECURE_SHELL action: install revision A.04.70.003 or subsequent URL: http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA HP-UX B.11.23 ============== Secure_Shell.SECURE_SHELL action: install revision A.04.70.004 or subsequent URL: http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA HP-UX B.11.31 ============== Secure_Shell.SECURE_SHELL action: install revision A.04.70.005 or subsequent URL: http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA END AFFECTED VERSIONS HP has provided the following software updates to resolve this vulnerability. The updates are available for download from: http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA OS Release HP Secure Shell Version HP-UX B.11.11 (11i v1) A.04.70.003 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.23 (11i v2) A.04.70.004 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.31 (11i v3) A.04.70.005 or subsequent MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - Update PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION HP-UX Software Assistant: HP-UX Software Assistant is an enhanced application that replaces HP-UX Security Patch Check. It analyzes all HP-issued Security Bulletins and lists recommended actions that may apply to a specific HP-UX system. It can also download patches and create a depot automatically. For more information see: https://www.hp.com/go/swa HISTORY: Version 1 (rev.1) - 07 November 2007 Initial Release Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches which are to be installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. language code: EN_US regions Asia Pacific and Japan Central America Europe/Middle East/Africa Latin America Canada United States document type: Security Bulletin object name: c01271085 doc content version: 1 content version date: 07-Nov-2007 content update date: 07-Nov-2007 [***** End HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev. 1 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Hewlett-Packard for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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