__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN HP-UX Running rpc.yppasswdd Vulnerability [Hewlett-Packard HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 rev. 1] January 3, 2008 21:00 GMT Number S-098 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running rpc.ppasswdd. PLATFORM: HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 DAMAGE: Could be exploited remotely to create a denial of service (DoS). SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Could be exploited remotely to create a ASSESSMENT: DoS. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-098.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: Visit Hewlett-Packard Subscription Service for: HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 rev. 1 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-6419 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Hewlett-Packard HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 rev. 1 *****] Submitted Date: Sat Dec 01 07:46:26 GMT 2007 Title: HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 rev.1 - HP-UX Running rpc.yppasswdd, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) Document ID: emr_na-c01294324-1 Last Modified Date: Thu Dec 20 01:03:34 GMT 2007 You may provide feedback on this document HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 rev.1 - HP-UX Running rpc.yppasswdd, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) Remote Denial of Service (DoS) A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running rpc.yppasswdd. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to create a denial of service (DoS). CVE_2007-6419 HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 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 ============== NFS.KEY-CORE NFS.NFS-64ALIB NFS.NFS-64SLIB NFS.NFS-CLIENT NFS.NFS-CORE NFS.NFS-ENG-A-MAN NFS.NFS-PRG NFS.NFS-SERVER NFS.NFS-SHLIBS NFS.NIS-CLIENT NFS.NIS-CORE NFS.NIS-SERVER NFS.NISPLUS-CORE OS-Core.CORE-ENG-A-MAN NFS.NFS-KRN NFS.NFS-KRN action: install patch PHNE_36168 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.23 ============== NFS.NFS-ENG-A-MAN NFS.NISPLUS-CORE NFS.KEY-CORE NFS.NFS-64SLIB NFS.NIS2-CLIENT NFS.NIS2-CORE NFS.NIS2-SERVER NFS.KEY-CORE NFS.NFS-64SLIB NFS.NIS2-CLIENT NFS.NIS2-CORE NFS.NIS2-SERVER action: install patch PHNE_36260 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.31 ============== NFS.NIS2-SERVER NFS.NIS2-SERVER action: install patch PHNE_36449 or subsequent END AFFECTED VERSIONS HP is providing the following patches to resolve the vulnerability. The updates are available from: http://itrc.hp.com OS Release Patch ID HP-UX B.11.11 PHNE_36168 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.23 PHNE_36260 or subsequent HP-UX B.11.31 PHNE_36449 or subsequent MANUAL ACTIONS: No 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) - 19 December 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: c01294324 doc content version: 1 content version date: 19-Dec-2007 content update date: 19-Dec-2007 [***** End Hewlett-Packard HPSBUX02295 SSRT071333 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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