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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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