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Re: HPUX security bulletins digest
From: "Boyce, Nick" <nick.boyce () EDS COM>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:37:46 -0000
I'm confused <g> ... the HP alert indicates that problem "HPSBUX0011-130" is both a "DoS at boot-time" problem, and a remote root compromise - [see "DAMAGE" and "Background" below]. So which is it ? Maybe it's both, but if it's just boot-time DoS I can live with that for a spell. The man page says : auto_parms is a system initialization script whose primary responsibility lies in handling first time boot configuration and ongoing management of the DHCP lease(s). The script is 1700 lines long, so I don't want to have to try to analyse it myself. Since it deals with DHCP address requesting, I suppose it may be vulnerable to something like the recent ISC DHCP client vulnerability (if there exists a malicious DHCP server somewhere), but HP don't give any clues. Does anyone understand this better than me ? [It matters a bit to me - many systems to fix - as to quite how much panic I allow myself ...] I'd log a call with HP to ask, but I've not had a useful result from that course in the past. Thanks, Nick EDS Healthcare, Bristol, UK -----Original Message----- From: Oonk, Patrick [mailto:patrick () PINE NL] Sent: 13 November 2000 13:22 To: BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM Subject: security bulletins digest HP Support Information Digests [snip] Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX0011-130 Sec. Vulnerability in auto_parms [snip] DAMAGE: May allow remote users to gain root access or to disrupt normal operations. [snip] A. Background Hewlett-Packard Company has been informed of a defect in the /sbin/auto_parms script. There is potential for a Denial of Service (DoS) at boot time. [end-of-alert-and-snippage]
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