HP Tru64 UNIX Potential BIND Security Vulnerabilities

TITLE: HP Tru64 UNIX Potential BIND Security Vulnerabilities
 
New Kit Date:       05-MAR-2003
Modification Date:  Not Applicable
Modification Type:  NEW KIT

Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003.  All rights reserved.


PRODUCT:    Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1
SOURCE:     Hewlett-Packard Company

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Name:  T64V51B20-C0170000-16982-ES-20030218
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  3.2MB 
     Kit Applies To:  Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20)

     ECO Kit CHECKSUMS:
	/usr/bin/sum results:  
	58055   3100 

	/usr/bin/cksum results: 
	889710136 3174400

	MD5 results:   
	e6e9d33f4293f5f2f65d0da760c7321b

	SHA1 results:
	b7e09e150cce6cc90289a9e687225780276160ef


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for Tru64 UNIX 5.1 that
contains solutions to the following problem(s):

Potential BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) security vulnerabilities 
have been reported to HP that may result in buffer overflows, unauthorized 
access, or denial of service (DoS) on HP Tru64 UNIX systems. These 
potential security vulnerabilities may be in the form of local and remote 
security domain risks. 

The following potential security vulnerabilities have been corrected: 

  SSRT2408   BIND - (Severity - High) 
  SSRT2410   BIND - (Severity - High) 
  SSRT2411   BIND - (Severity - High) 

The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release
Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions
and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to 
installing patches on your system.

INSTALLATION NOTES:

1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch
   kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed
   system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining
   capability.

2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any
   other ERP available at this time for this product version.

3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs)
   which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal
   Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is
   blocked by any of your installed CSPs.


INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES:

You must have installed Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20) prior to installing 
this Early Release Patch Kit.


KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT:

None.


RELEASE NOTES FOR T64V51B20-C0170000-16982-ES-20030218:

1 Release Notes


This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains:

   - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in:
        o SSRT2408 SSRT2410 SSRT2411
             * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 T64V51B20AS0006-20030210.tar (BL20)

 The patches in this kit are being released early for general customer use.
 Refer to the Release Notes for a summary of each patch and installation
 prerequisites.

 Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory
 in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system:

        > mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1
        > cd /tmp/CSPkit1
        > copy the kit to /tmp/CSPkit1
        > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar
        > cd patch_kit
        > ./dupatch

2 Special Instructions

There are no special instructions for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 Patch C1700.00


3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit


Tru64 UNIX V5.1

PatchId         Summary Of Fix
----------------------------------------
C1700.00         Fix for SSRT2408, SSRT2410, & SSRT2411.


4 Additional information from Engineering


None


5 Affected system files
This patch delivers the following files:

Tru64 UNIX V5.1
        Patch C1700.00
         ./sbin/named
                CHECKSUM:       17256 831
                SUBSET: OSFINET510
         ./usr/sbin/named
                CHECKSUM:       17410 978
                SUBSET: OSFINET510
         ./usr/sbin/named-xfer
                CHECKSUM:       08656 529
                SUBSET: OSFINET510



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licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.

Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2003.  All Rights reserved.

  This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology
  of Hewlett-Packard Company.  Possession, use, or copying of this
  software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license
  from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor.

       This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process.
       Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard
       makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The
       customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection
       and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.

Files on this server are as follows:

»t64v51b20-c0170000-16982-es-20030218.README
»t64v51b20-c0170000-16982-es-20030218.CHKSUM
»t64v51b20-c0170000-16982-es-20030218.tar