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TITLE: SSRT4800, SSRT4802 - Tru64 UNIX X Window System Potential Security Vulnerabilities
Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1B
SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Name: T64KIT0023851-V51BB25-ES-20041007
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 4.41MB
Kit Applies To: HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 (BL25)
ECO Kit CHECKSUMS:
/usr/bin/sum results:
39242 4520
/usr/bin/cksum results:
1415007719 4628480
MD5 results:
019564adf7e4c22bbeab076a17444930
SHA1 results:
3de69afb76b9b0a630d9aafc2ff3bbfe8a88697a
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B that
contains solutions to the following problem(s):
A potential file permissions vulnerability and a potential
buffer overflow have been reported in the X Window System
as shipped with HP Tru64 UNIX. The potential vulnerabilities
are locally exploitable, resulting in unauthorized
privileged access.
SSRT4800, SSRT4802 - X Window System (Severity - High)
Cross References: CERT VU#820006 VU#667502 VU#106238
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.
The patches in this ERP kit will also be available in the next mainstream
patch kit - HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-3.
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 HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 (BL25) prior to installing
this Early Release Patch Kit.
SUPERSEDE INFORMATION:
None
KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT:
None.
RELEASE NOTES FOR T64KIT0023851-V51BB25-ES-20041007:
[R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.
Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. 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.
Release Notes
This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the
Tru64 UNIX V5.1B patches contained in this kit.
For information about installing or removing patches, baselining,
and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation
Instructions document.
1 Release Notes
This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains:
- fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in:
o SSRT4800 SSRT4802
* for Tru64 UNIX V5.1B T64V51BB25AS0004-20040616.tar (BL25)
This kit includes a patch which requires system reboot.
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
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS for Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Patch C896.00
After installing this patch on systems that do not have DECnet enabled,
you will notice new messages from the X server, the X font server, the
Low Bandwidth X (LBX) server, and the Low Bandwidth X proxy manager.
For example:
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for dnet/<node>:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for dnet
These are informational messages and may be ignored.
3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit
Tru64 UNIX V5.1B
PatchId Summary Of Fix
----------------------------------------
C896.00 Fixes for SSRT4800 and SSRT4802
4 Additional information from Engineering
None
5 Affected system files
This patch delivers the following files:
Tru64 UNIX V5.1B
Patch C896.00
./usr/bin/X11/lbxproxy
CHECKSUM: 20097 476
SUBSET: OSFXMIT540
./usr/bin/X11/xfs
CHECKSUM: 64181 251
SUBSET: OSFXMIT540
./usr/lib/libICE.a
CHECKSUM: 08904 165
SUBSET: OSFXLIBA540
./usr/shlib/X11/libfont.so
CHECKSUM: 11992 216
SUBSET: OSFX11540
./usr/shlib/X11/libfr_TrueType.so
CHECKSUM: 42063 207
SUBSET: OSFTRUETYPE540
./usr/shlib/X11/libfr_fs.so
CHECKSUM: 18874 142
SUBSET: OSFX11540
./usr/shlib/X11/libos.so
CHECKSUM: 22172 600
SUBSET: OSFSER540
./usr/shlib/libICE.so
CHECKSUM: 58162 163
SUBSET: OSFX11540
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.
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