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Digest Name: daily HP-UX security bulletins digest
    Created: Mon Jul 22 3:00:04 PDT 2002

Table of Contents:

Document ID Title
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HPSBUX0207-202 Sec. Vulnerability in BIND 9

The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0207-202
Date Loaded: 20020721
      Title: Sec. Vulnerability in BIND 9

TEXT

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 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0207-202
 Originally issued: 22 July 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: Potential denial of service in BIND 9.

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX release 11.11 (11i)
          only with the BINDv920.INETSVCS-BIND fileset installed.

DAMAGE: Potential denial of service.

SOLUTION: Until a product upgrade is available, download and
          install BIND920v2.depot.

MANUAL ACTIONS: Install BIND920v2.depot.

AVAILABILITY: The depot is available now. This bulletin will be
               updated when a product upgrade is available.
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 A. Background
    CERT advisory CA-2002-15 reports a denial of service
    vulnerability which may affect HP-UX release 11.11 (11i)
    systems with the BINDv920.INETSVCS-BIND fileset installed.

 B. Recommended solution
    Until a product upgrade is available, download and install
    the BIND920v2.depot.

      1. Download BIND920v2.depot.gz from the ftp site.
         This file is temporary and will be deleted when a
         product upgrade is available from itrc.hp.com.

        System: hprc.external.hp.com (192.170.19.51)
        Login: bind
        Password: bind1

        FTP Access: hprc.external.hp.com/">ftp://bind:bind1hprc.external.hp.com/
                or: 192.170.19.51/">ftp://bind:bind1192.170.19.51/

        file: BIND920v2.depot.gz

        Note: There is an ftp defect in IE5 that may result in
               a browser hang. To work around this:
        - Select Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced
        - Un-check the option: [ ] Enable folder view for FTP sites

      2. Copy the BIND920v2.depot.gz file to a protected
         directory and unpack it.
         If you wish to verify the md5 sum please refer to:

               HPSBUX9408-016
               Patch sums and the MD5 program

          The md5 sum for BIND920v2.depot is:

  MD5 (BIND920v2.depot) = 9c695aafa047a0b00fce44cc05202e01
 
          The cksum output is:

  3840943920 20674560 BIND920v2.depot

      3. Install BIND920v2.depot using swinstall.

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