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Digest Name:  daily HP-UX security bulletins digest
    Created:  Thu Jan 24 13:10:03 PST 2002

Table of Contents:

Document ID      Title
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HPSBUX0201-181   Sec. Vulnerability in IPFilter/9000

The documents are listed below.
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Document ID:  HPSBUX0201-181
Date Loaded:  20020123
      Title:  Sec. Vulnerability in IPFilter/9000

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0181,
    Originally issued: 23 January 2002
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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:  IPFilter fragment rule bypass vulnerability

PLATFORM: IPFilter/9000 product running on HP-UX 11.00 or 11.11

DAMAGE: A malicious user can change IPFilter's handling of packets.

SOLUTION: Upgrade to IPFilter/9000 version A.03.05.02 or greater

MANUAL ACTIONS: Install new software version

AVAILABILITY: IPFilter/9000 version A.03.05.02 is available in the
following places:
  1) On www.software.hp.com.  Go to the "internet & security"
     section to get a free download.
  2) Available on the December 2001 HP-UX Application Release (AR)
     CD.  IPFilter/9000 is free and has no codeword protection on
     this CD.
  3) Available as a selectable option on the December 2001 HP-UX
     Operating Environment (OE).

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A. Background
   This problem was reported as bugtraq #2545 on the SecurityFocus
   website.

B. Fixing the problem
   A fix has been made to the Open Source version of ipfilter.
   This fix has been ported to the HP supported version of
   ipfilter (called IPFilter/9000).

C. Recommended solution
   Upgrade to IPFilter/9000 version A.03.05.02 or greater.

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