Published:
12 August 1999
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ESB-1999.112 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX9906-098
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Security Vulnerability in VVOS NES
13 August 1999
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Hewlett-Packard have issued the following revised advisory concerning
defective patches for a vulnerability in HP9000 Series 700/800 systems in
which the Netscape Enterprise Server cannot correctly process some URL's.
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Document ID: HPSBUX9906-098
Date Loaded: 19990811
Title: Security Vulnerability in VVOS NES
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**REVISED01** HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00098, 10 June 99
Last Revised: 11 August 1999
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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: Netscape Enterprise Server cannot correctly process some URL's.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running:
HP-UX 10.24 (VVOS) with VirtualVault A.02.00
HP-UX 10.24 (VVOS) with VirtualVault A.03.00
HP-UX 10.24 (VVOS) with VirtualVault A.03.01
HP-UX 10.24 (VVOS) with VirtualVault A.03.50
DAMAGE: Web Server cannot correctly process some URLs.
SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate patches to correct the problem:
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Both HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.02.00 US/Canada, and
HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.02.00 International:
PHCO_18615 libsecalarm cumulative patch
Please note this patch has dependencies.
- ----->> PHSS_19389 VirtualVault:2.00:NES:NSAPI
Both HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.00 US/Canada, and
HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.00 International:
PHCO_18615 libsecalarm cumulative patch
Please note this patch has dependencies.
- ----->> PHSS_19388 VirtualVault:3.00:NES:NSAPI
Both HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.01 US/Canada, and
HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.01 International:
PHCO_18615 libsecalarm cumulative patch
Please note this patch has dependencies.
- ----->> PHSS_19387 VirtualVault:3.01:NES:NSAPI
Both HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.50 US/Canada, and
HP-UX 10.24 with VirtualVault A.03.50 International
PHCO_18615 libsecalarm cumulative patch
Please note this patch has dependencies.
- ----->> PHSS_19376 VirtualVault:3.50:NES:NSAPI
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
CHANGE SUMMARY: Defects in previous patches discovered.
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I.
A. Background
A recent bugtraq posting contained some inaccurate information
regarding Hewlett-Packard Company's VirtualVault Operating System.
This problem is not TGA nor TGP related; further, VVOS does not
have a B1 or B2 level of certification.
Under certain conditions, Netscape Enterprise Server (NES)
fails to properly process web requests. This activity has
been observed in the NES bundled with Praesidium VirtualVault
releases A.02.00, A.03.00, A.03.01 and A.03.50.
B. Fixing the problem
This problem can be completely eliminated by applying the
recommended patches mentioned above. It can be resolved
temporarily by commenting out or removing the "vault-auth-log"
AddLog line from the Netscape Enterprise Server's obj.conf file.
Upon patching the system, automatic reboot is performed. The
affected filesets are: VaultNES.NES-VAULT VaultTS.INES-COMMON.
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