SSRT3483 Potential Security Vulnerability in wall(1M) command

[Berlene Herren]

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A security bulletin has been issued:

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Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0305-258
Originally issued: 06 May 2003
SSRT3483 Potential Security Vulnerability in wall(1M) command
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To access the bulletin from the itrc:

Select "maintenance and support"
Select "search technical knowledge base"
Select "HP-UX Software Security Bulletins"
Select "Search by Security Bulletin Number"
Enter "HPSBUX0304-257"
Search

The complete list of security bulletins can be found here:

http://itrc.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSecurityBulletin
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Berlene

[Paul Sperry]

Thanks for the heads up. I use wall all the time to communicate to my users.
I installed the patch as recommended:

SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate patch for HP-UX releases:
PHCO_28717 for 10.20,
PHCO_28718 for 11.00,
PHCO_28719 for 11.11.

Also I think you meant search for document id: HPSBUX0305-258

I downloaded the new security_catalog and ran security_patch_check just about
a hour ago and this issue didn???t show up. Guess I should register to be notified by e-mail.

BTW it took me about 45 mins to reply. This site really slows down sometimes.

[Berlene Herren]

Thank you, Paul. You can subscribe with these steps

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Take a look at thisand add your difficulties to the thread!
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x8b075ec05a7ad711abdc0090277a778c,00.html


Berlene

[Keith Buck]

Paul,

Because the data in the security catalog is based on the bulletin release, there is a time delay. Security Patch Check should detect these patches tomorrow with an updated catalog. The bulletins are the definitive source of security information from HP, and we don't update the security patch check data until after all customers have received the bulletin.

Also note that it's important to subscribe to the bulletin mailing list anyway, since you might miss any manual actions mentioned in the bulletin. Security Patch Check can't detect manual actions....just patches. Security Patch Check completely automates the process of looking through the hp-ux patch matrix (ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix) and seeing what is relevant to your HP-UX 11.x system.

Hope that helps.

-Keith