[security bulletin] HPSBUX02415 SSRT090023 rev.1 - HP-UX Running PAM Kerberos, Local Privilege Escalation, Unauthorized Access

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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c01690019
Version: 1

HPSBUX02415 SSRT090023 rev.1 - HP-UX Running PAM Kerberos, Local Privilege 
Escalation, Unauthorized Access

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon 
as possible.

Release Date: 2009-04-06
Last Updated: 2009-04-06

Potential Security Impact: Local privilege escalation, local unauthorized access

Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running PAM 
Kerberos. The vulnerability could be exploited locally to create a privilege 
escalation or to allow an unauthorized access.

References: CVE-2009-0360, CVE-2009-0361

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, B.11.31 running PAM Kerberos

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics 
===============================================
Reference                         Base Vector               Base Score 
CVE-2009-0360     (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)      6.2
CVE-2009-0361     (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)       4.6
===============================================
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.

RESOLUTION

HP has provided the following upgrades to resolve this vulnerability. 
The patches are available from the following location: 

URL: http://software.hp.com 

HP-UX Release 
 PAM Kerberos depot name 
 
B.11.11 (11i v1)
 PAMKerberos_B.11.11.16_HP-UX_B.11.11_32_64.depot
 
B.11.23 (11i v2)
 PAMKerberos_C.01.25_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA_PA.depot
 
B.11.31 (11i v3)
 PAMKerberos_D.01.25_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA_PA.depot
 



MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - Update 

PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION 

HP-UX Software Assistant: HP-UX Software Assistant is an enhanced application 
that replaces HP-UX Security Patch Check. It analyzes all Security Bulletins 
issued by HP and lists recommended actions that may apply to a specific HP-UX 
system. It can also download patches and create a depot automatically. For more 
information see: https://www.hp.com/go/swa 

The following text is for use by the HP-UX Software Assistant. 

AFFECTED VERSIONS 

HP-UX B.11.11 
================== 
KRBS-Support.KRBS-SUPP-MAN 
KRBS-Support.KRBS-SUPP-NOTE 
KRBS-Support.KRBS-SUPP-RUN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-64SLIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-DEMO 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-MAN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-RUN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-SHLIB 
action: install revision B.11.11.16 or subsequent 
URL: http://software.hp.com 

HP-UX B.11.23 
================== 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-64SLIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-DEMO 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-I64LIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-IASLIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-MAN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-RUN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-SHLIB 
action: install revision C.01.25 or subsequent 
URL: http://software.hp.com 

HP-UX B.11.31 
================== 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-64SLIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-DEMO 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-I64LIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-IASLIB 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-MAN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-RUN 
PAM-Kerberos.PAM-KRB-SHLIB 
action: install revision D.01.25 or subsequent 
URL: http://software.hp.com 

END AFFECTED VERSIONS 

HISTORY 
Version:1 (rev.1) 6 April 2009 Initial release 

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