HP SECURITY BULLETIN
 
HPSBTU01093     REVISION: 0
 
SSRT4831 HP Tru64 UNIX Motif library and Image Viewer Buffer Overflow
 
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INITIAL RELEASE:   	
 
11 November 2004 
 
POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:   	
 
Denial of Service (DoS) and unauthorized file access.
SOURCE:   	
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
HP Software Security Response Team
REFERENCES:   	
 
CERT VU#882750, CAN-2004-0687
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
    A potential remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability has
    been reported in the X PixMap routines used in the HP Tru64 UNIX
    Motif library (libXm) and in the Image Viewer (dximageview).
    The potential vulnerability could result in a denial of service
    condition or in the execution of arbitrary code.
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*:  ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B-2/PK4
 
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B PK3
 
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1A PK 6
 
HP Tru64 UNIX V4.0G PK 4
 
HP Tru64 UNIX V4.0F PK 8
BACKGROUND:
 
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to security-alert@hp.com
RESOLUTION:
 
 
    Until the corrections are available in a mainstream release
    patch kit, HP is releasing the following Early Release Patch
    (ERP) kits publicly for use by any customer.
 
 
    The ERP kits use dupatch to install and will not install over
    any installed Customer Specific Patches (CSPs) that have
    file intersections with the ERPs.  Contact your service
    provider for assistance if the installation of the ERPs is
    blocked by any of your installed CSPs.
 
    The fixes contained in the ERP kits are scheduled to be
    available in the following mainstream patch kit: 
 
    5.1B-3 (PK5) 
 
ERP kits are available for the versions listed below.
 
The kits distribute the following files:
 
    * /usr/bin/X11/dximageview
    * /usr/shlib/libXm.so
 
HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 (BL25)
ERP Kit Name:        T64KIT0024050-V51BB25-ES-20041026
General ITRC Patch Page:  http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Kit Location:  
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT0024050-V51BB25-ES-20041026
 
HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK3 
PREREQUISITE:      HP Tru64 UNIX with 5.1B PK3 (BL24) installed
ERP Kit Name:        T64KIT0024051-V51BB24-ES-20041026
General ITRC Patch Page:  http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Kit Location:  
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT0024051-V51BB24-ES-20041026
 
HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1A
PREREQUISITE:      HP Tru64 UNIX with 5.1A PK6 (BL24) installed
ERP Kit Name:       T64KIT0024052-V51AB24-ES-20041026
General ITRC Patch Page:  http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Kit Location:  
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT0024052-V51AB24-ES-20041026
 
HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0G
PREREQUISITE:      HP Tru64 UNIX with 4.0G PK4 (BL22) installed
ERP Kit Name:        T64KIT0024078-V40GB22-ES-20041028
General ITRC Patch Page:  http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Kit Location:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT0024078-V40GB22-ES-20041028
 
HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F
PREREQUISITE:      HP Tru64 UNIX with 4.0F PK8 (BL22) installed
ERP Kit Name:        DUXKIT0024077-V40FB22-ES-20041028
General ITRC Patch Page:  http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Kit Location:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=DUXKIT0024077-V40FB22-ES-20041028
BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY:
Revision 0 
 
11 November 2004   Initial Release 
 
 
 
* The software product category that this Security Bulletin relates to is represented 
by the 5th and 6th characters of the Bulletin number: GN=General, MA=Management 
Agents, MI=Misc. 3rd party, MP=HP-MPE/iX, NS=HP NonStop Servers, OV=HP OpenVMS, PI=HP
Printing & Imaging, ST=HP Storage, TU=HP Tru64 UNIX, TL=Trusted Linux, UX=HP-UX, 
VV=Virtual Vault
 
 
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