HP SECURITY BULLETIN

HPSBOV01083     REVISION: 0

SSRT4812 OpenVMS running Secure Web Server (CSWS) with Apache, arbitrary code execution

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INITIAL RELEASE:   	

12 October 2004 

POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:   	

Remote arbitrary code execution
SOURCE:   	

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
HP Software Security Response Team
REFERENCES:   	

SSRT4777, SSRT4788, CAN-2004-0747, CAN-2004-0594, CAN-2004-0488
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with OpenVMS running Secure Web Server (CSWS) software with Apache, where a bug and a buffer overflow could be remotely exploited to allow arbitrary code execution within the web server.
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*:  ONLY impacted versions are listed.
OpenVMS version 7.2-2 or later running the following versions of CSWS:

CSWS 1.2 (Alpha)

CSWS 1.3 (Alpha)

CSWS 2.0 (Alpha)

CSWS_PHP 1.2 (Alpha)
BACKGROUND:
For a PGP signed version of this bulletin please write
to security-alert@hp.com
RESOLUTION:
HP patch kits to resolve this potential vulnerability are available for download from:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ips/apache/csws_patches.html

Each kit has a 'Readme' file that contains references to the CAN-2004-* vulnerabilities fixed in the kit.

There are four kits:

1. For CSWS Version 2.0:

CPQ-AXPVMS-CSWS20_UPDATE-V0100--4.PCSI_SFX_AXPEXE (CSWS 2.0 Update 1)
with
CSWS20_UPDATE-V0100_README.TXT (September 2004)

2. For CSWS Version 1.3:

CPQ-AXPVMS-CSWS13_UPDATE-V0600--4.PCSI-DCX-AXPEXE (CSWS 1.3 Update 6)
with
CSWS13_UPDATE-V0600_README.TXT (September 2004)

3. For CSWS Version 1.2:

CPQ-AXPVMS-CSWS12_UPDATE-V0800--4.PCSI-DCX-AXPEXE (CSWS 1.2 Update 8)
with
CSWS12_UPDATE-V0800_README.TXT (September 2004)

4. For CSWS_PHP Version 1.2:

CPQ-AXPVMS-CSWS_PHP12_UPDATE-V0100--4.PCSI_SFX_AXPEXE (CSWS_PHP 1.2 Update 1)
with
CSWS_PHP12_UPDATE-V0100_README.TXT (September 2004)
BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY:
Revision 0 - released: 11 October 2004

* 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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