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**REVISED01**HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0154,
Originally issued: 20 June '01 LAST REVISED: 21 August '01
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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: It is possible to gain unauthorized privileges
in OpenView Network Node Manager.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX releases 10.20 and
11.00(only).
Sun Microsystems SOLARIS releases 2.X
Microsoft Windows NT4.X / Windows 2000
running NNM 6.1
DAMAGE: A malicious user may obtain unauthorized privileges
under certain conditions.
SOLUTION: Apply one of these patches:
HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000
PHSS_23780 PHSS_23779 PSOV_02905 NNM_00698
**REV 01**
------>> Note: NNM 6.2 is not vulnerable.
AVAILABILITY: These four patches are Special Release patches are
available only from
http://ovweb.external.hp.com/cpe/patches/
They are not available from the ITRC.
CHANGE SUMMARY: Clarification in Section B below and the SOLUTION
section above.
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A. Background
Hewlett-Packard Company has been notified of a
vulnerability in its OpenView Network Node Manager.
It is possible to gain unauthorized privileges.
B. Fixing the problem
Apply one of these patches:
HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000
PHSS_23780 PHSS_23779 PSOV_02905 NNM_00698
or a superseding patch.
Searching http://ovweb.external.hp.com/cpe/patches/ for one
of the patch numbers above will direct you to the latest
superseding patch.
**REV 01**
------>> Although versions of NNM prior to NNM 6.1 are not
------>> vulnerable in their default configuration, it is
------>> possible to modify the default configuration so as
------>> to make those versions vulnerable. Therefore, we
------>> recommend that all customers update to NNM 6.2 or
------>> install the appropriate patches for NNM 6.1.
------>>
------>> The patches listed above have been superseeded. If you
------>> have NNM 6.1 and have installed one of the patches
------>> listed above, no further action is required. The
------>> patches listed above are no longer available. These
------>> are the latest patches that solve the security
------>> problem in NNM 6.1:
------>>
------>> HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 10.20 SOLARIS 2.X WinNT4.X/2000
------>> PHSS_24443 PHSS_24442 PSOV_02956 NNM_00743
------>>
------>> Note: one way to determine whether NNM is installed on
------>> your system is to run the following command:
------>>
------>> swlist | grep "Network Node Manager"
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Yours truly,
HP S/W Security Team
WTEC Cupertino, California