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Digest Name:  daily security bulletins digest
    Created:  Thu Feb 22  3:00:03 PST 2001

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HPSBUX0102-141   Sec. Vulnerability in JRE

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Document ID:  HPSBUX0102-141
Date Loaded:  20010221
      Title:  Sec. Vulnerability in JRE

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0141, 21 Feb. '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:   Sun Microsystems discovered a potential security issue in the
         Java Runtime Environment.  The issue poses a possible security
         risk by allowing malicious Java code to execute unauthorized
         commands under certain circumstances.

PLATFORM:  HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.20, 10.24, 11.00,
           11.04, and 11.11 only.  This security bulletin applies to Java
           on HP-UX, and does not cover software shipped on Linux, nor on
           Windows/NT.

POSSIBLE RESULT: Improper permission may be granted in some cases.

SOLUTION:  Install the latest Java releases as described below.

AVAILABILITY: The fixed releases are available immediately.
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I.
   A. Background

      A vulnerability in certain versions of the Java(TM) Runtime Environment
      may allow malicious Java code to execute unauthorized commands.  Since
      no permission is granted by default, the circumstances necessary to
      exploit this vulnerability are relatively rare.  On the Java
      Development Kit 1.1.x (JDKTM 1.1.x) (browsers included), an applet must
      be signed to have execute permission (signed applets may execute
      anything in JDK 1.1.x.).

      There are no known attacks reported based on this vulnerability to the
      best of Sun's knowledge.

   B. Fixing the problem
      Obtain and install the latest releases of the Java products listed in
      section C. below.

      For JDK/JRE 1.1, 1.2.2 and 1.3 based releases go to
                      www.hp.com/go/java.
      Section C. 1.) below will guide you in determining your
                     installed Java version on HP-UX.

   C. Recommended solution

         JDK and JRE 1.1.8.05 or higher for HP-UX 10.20, 10.24 and 11.XX.
         JDK and JRE 1.2.2.07 or higher for HP-UX 11.XX.
         JDK and JRE 1.3.0.00 or higher for HP-UX 11.XX.

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 1.) HP-UX: Determining Java version information for JDK, JRE
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     There are two mechanisms to determine which versions of the Java
     JDK/SDK (developer kit), JRE (runtime), or JPI (Java Plugin for
     Netscape) you have installed. First, you can use the following
     command to list the bundle revisions for any installed Java
     products:

        /usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep -i java

     Second, you can ask Java to identify itself by executing the following:

        <path>/bin/java -version

     where path is typically
        /opt/java - for Java 1.1
        /opt/java1.2 - for Java 1.2
        /opt/java1.3 - for Java 1.3

     or is any alternate location where the JDK or JRE may have been
     installed.

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 2.) HP-UX: Determining Java version information for JPI
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     The plugin (JPI) is installed in user's home directories, so
     you will need to check its version using the following.

     For Java 1.2:
        $HOME/.netscape/java/bin/java -version

     For Java 1.1, you must use:
        what $HOME/.netscape/java/bin/PA_RISC/green_threads/jre

     NOTE: Do not rely on Netscape's Help/About_Plug-ins menu to find the
           version number of the Plugin, because in some cases the version
           number is incorrect.

     a.) Unplugging the Plugin (Since the Plugin is manually installed
         into Netscape, it must be manually removed as well.)

     b.) If you have a plugin that you wish to remove because it has a
         security issue, in addition to doing a swremove of the product
         you must also do the following for Java 1.1 and Java 1.2:

           rm -f $HOME/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.sl
           rm -rf $HOME/.netscape/java

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