Document ID:  HPSBTL0201-020
Date Loaded:  20020124
      Title:  Updated OpenLDAP packages available

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    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #020
    Originally issued: 25 January '02
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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 the 
customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this Security 
Bulletin as soon as possible.

Because the vulnerability does not require a HP Secure OS
1.0 patch or re-packaging of the RPM affected by the bulletin, the
RPMs have not been produced or tested by Hewlett-Packard Company.

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PROBLEM:  Security vulnerability in OpenLDAP packages.

PLATFORM: Any system running HP Secure OS software for Linux Release 1.0

DAMAGE:   Potential removal of non-mandatory attributes from objects

SOLUTION: Apply the appropriate RPMs (see section B below)

MANUAL ACTIONS: None

AVAILABILITY: The RPMs are available now.
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 A. Background

    A vulnerability in OpenLDAP exists whereby permissions are not
    adequately checked in certain circumstances.
 
 
 B. Fixing the problem

    Hewlett-Packard Company recommends that customers download the RPMs 
    listed in the following Red Hat Security Advisory:

    2002-01-22  openldap-clients (RHSA-2002-014)  Updated OpenLDAP packages
    available.

    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-014.html

    To install the security bulletin RPMs, use the following sequence
    of commands:

    1. If you use the tripwire product, we recommend that you run a 
       a consistency check and fix any violations before installing
       the security bulletin RPM. 

           tripwire --check --interactive

    2. Install the bulletin RPM from the root account.

           rpm -F <bulletin RPM name>

    3. Update the tripwire database

           tripwire --check --interactive



    NOTE:
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    http://www.redhat.com/apps/download. To find the latest dependent 
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