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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00121, 25 Sept. '00
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The information in the following Security Bulletin 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 Bulletin as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: Java SNMP MIB Browser Object ID parsing problem.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.XX and 11.XX,
Sun Microsystems SOLARIS releases 2.X, plus under
Microsoft Windows NT4.X/ Windows 2000 running NNM 6.1,
NNM 5.01, and NNM 4.11.
DAMAGE: Users can cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
SOLUTION: Apply appropriate patches listed below.
HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.X SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000
PHSS_22407 PHSS_22406 PSOV_02830 NNM_00621
AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now ONLY at the OV website
noted below.
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I.
A. Background
Hewlett-Packard Company has been notified of a vulnerability
in its OpenView Network Node Manager.
B. Fixing the problem:
Apply one of the patches listed below. Please make note
of patch dependencies.
HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.X SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000
PHSS_22407 PHSS_22406 PSOV_02830 NNM_00621
NOTE: These four patches are Special Release patches and will
NOT be available from the ITRC. They can only be obtained
from: http://ovweb.external.hp.com/cpe/patches/
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