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Digest Name:  Daily Security Bulletins Digest
    Created:  Thu Jan  6  3:00:03 PST 2000

Table of Contents:

Document ID      Title
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HPSBUX0001-109   Security Vulnerability with Audio Security File
HPSBUX0001-108   Security Vulnerability in Aserver (revised)

The documents are listed below.
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Document ID:  HPSBUX0001-109
Date Loaded:  20000105
      Title:  Security Vulnerability with Audio Security File

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #00109, 06 Jan 2000
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The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM:  The Audio Security File is world writable.

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 10.X and 11.X

DAMAGE:   Denial of service, increase in capabilities.

SOLUTION: Change the Audio Security File permissions.

AVAILABILITY:  This advisory will be updated when patches are available.

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I.
   A. Background
      The Audio Security File, /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec, is created by
      the asecure program with 666 permissions.  This allows root to
      add any user as a privileged user via the asecure program.  Those
      privileged users can make changes to their audio security File
      via asecure.  Since asecure has 555 permissions,
      /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec must be world writable to implement the
      privileged user feature.

   B. Recommended solution
      The capability to designate privileged users will probably be
      removed in a future patch.  The asecure program would continue
      to have 555 permissions and would create the Audio Security File
      with 444 permissions.  Only the root user would be able to make
      changes to the Audio Security File.

      Until patches are available recommended solution is, as root:

          chmod 444 /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec

      This must be done each time the /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec
      is created via the "asecure -C" command.  After the permission
      is changed, only the root user will be able to modify
      /etc/opt/audio/audio.sec.

    C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
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    D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

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Document ID:  HPSBUX0001-108
Date Loaded:  20000105
      Title:  Security Vulnerability in Aserver (revised)

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**REVISED 01** HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #00108, 01 Jan 2000
Last Revised: 5 January, 2000
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The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM:  /opt/audio/bin/Aserver can be used to gain root access.

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 7/800 running HP-UX releases 10.X and 11.X

DAMAGE:   Root access is possible.

SOLUTION: **REVISED 01** Change the Aserver permissions.

AVAILABILITY:  This advisory will be updated when patches are available.

CHANGE SUMMARY: This revision contains revised permission recommendations.
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I.
   A. Background
      A procedure to use /opt/audio/bin/Aserver to gain root access
      has been made public.

   B. Recommended solution
**REVISED 01**  | The need for suid permissions is being reviewed.
                | The only requirement for suid currently identified
                | is to allow any user to force a restart of the Aserver.
                | This feature may be eventually be removed.  Until a
                | patch is available the recommended solution, as root
                | is:
                |  chmod 555 /opt/audio/bin/Aserver

   C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
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      To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, or
      To -review- bulletins already released
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      (Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password).

      On the "Support Information Digest Main" page:
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      Once in the archive the third link is to our current Security
      Patch Matrix.  Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security
      patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic.

      The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp:

      us-ffs.external.hp.com
      ~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix

   D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

       security-alert () hp com

       Please encrypt any exploit information using the security-alert
       PGP key, available from your local key server, or by sending a
       message with a -subject- (not body) of 'get key' (no quotes) to
       security-alert () hp com.

      Permission is granted for copying and circulating this advisory to
      Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet community) for the
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      non-commercial purposes.

      Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not liable
      for any misuse of this information by any third party.
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