L-035: HP-UX Support Tools Manager Vulnerability

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Digest Name: daily security bulletins digest
Created: Thu Jan 18 3:00:03 PST 2001
Table of Contents:
Document ID     Title
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HPSBUX0101-137  Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager

The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0101-137
Date Loaded: 20010117
Title:       Sec. Vulnerability in Support Tools Manager
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0137, 18 Jan. '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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ISSUE: HP9000 series 700/800 Support Tools Manager (xstm,cstm,stm)

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.11,
     11.00, and 10.20.

POSSIBLE RESULT: Users could cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

SOLUTION: Apply patches for HP-UX releases as follows:
             for 11.11: PHSS_23067,
                11.00: PHSS_23066,
          series 800 10.20: PHSS_23065,
          series 700 10.20: PHSS_23064.

AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
  Hewlett-Packard Company has become aware of a defect in the
  Support Tool Manager application, typically used for hardware
  diagnostic purposes.

B. Fixing the problem
  The problem can be fully resolved by applying the appropriate
  patches to the system. For HP-UX releases
                  11.11: PHSS_23067,
                  11.00: PHSS_23066,
         series 800 10.20: PHSS_23065,
         series 700 10.20: PHSS_23064.

  NOTE: This issue does NOT apply to HP-UX releases 10.10, nor
    to 10.01.

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