HP SECURITY BULLETIN

HPSBUX01208     REVISION: 0

SSRT5938 rev.0 - HP-UX perl local unauthorized elevated privileges

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INITIAL RELEASE:   	

15 June 2005 

POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:   	

local unauthorized elevated privileges
SOURCE:   	

Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Software Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running perl where 
the potential vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain unauthorized 
elevated privileges.
REFERENCES:   	

CAN-2005-0448
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*:  ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23 running perl.
BACKGROUND:
For a PGP signed version of this Security Bulletin please write to
security-alert@hp.com.

CAN-2005-0448  < http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0448>  
reports a race condition in the rmtree function in Perl prior to 5.8.4 which allows 
local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted.

The changes made to address this issue in Perl 5.8.4 have been  incorporated into the 
HP-UX perl revisions cited below.

     AFFECTED VERSIONS

     Note: To determine if a system has an affected version,
           search the output of "swlist -a revision -l fileset"
           for an affected fileset.  Then determine if the
           recommended patch or update is installed.

      For perl version 5.8.0 and prior
      HP-UX B.11.00
      HP-UX B.11.11
      HP-UX B.11.23
      =============
      Perl5.PERL-RUN
      action: install revision D.5.8.0.G or subsequent

      For perl 5.8.2
      HP-UX B.11.00
      HP-UX B.11.11
      =============
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.A
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.B
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.C
      action: install revision D.5.8.2.D or subsequent

      For perl 5.8.2
      HP-UX B.11.23
      =============
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.A
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.B
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.C
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.D
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.2.E
      action: install revision D.5.8.2.F or subsequent

      For perl 5.8.3
      HP-UX B.11.00
      HP-UX B.11.11
      HP-UX B.11.23
      =============
      Perl5.PERL-RUN,revision=D.5.8.3.A
      action: install revision D.5.8.3.B or subsequent

     END AFFECTED VERSIONS
RESOLUTION:
HP has made the following available on < http://software.hp.com/> to resolve the issue.

PERL version 5.8.0
===================
HP-UX 11.00 PA-RISC version 5.8.0
   perl_D.5.8.0.G_HP-UX_B.11.00_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0 PA-RISC version 5.8.0
   perl_D.5.8.0.G_HP-UX_B.11.11_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0409 version 5.8.0 (IA and PA)
   perl_D.5.8.0.G_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA+PA.depot or subsequent

PERL version 5.8.2
===================
HP-UX 11.00 PA-RISC version 5.8.2
   perl_D.5.8.2.D_HP-UX_B.11.00_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0 PA-RISC version 5.8.2
   perl_D.5.8.2.D_HP-UX_B.11.11_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0409 version 5.8.2 (IA and PA)
   perl_D.5.8.2.F_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA+PA.depot or subsequent

PERL version 5.8.3
===================
HP-UX 11.00 PA-RISC version 5.8.3
   perl_D.5.8.3.B_HP-UX_B.11.00_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0 PA-RISC version 5.8.3
   perl_D.5.8.3.B_HP-UX_B.11.11_32+64.depot or subsequent

HP-UX 11i v1.0409 version 5.8.3 (IA and PA)
   perl_D.5.8.3.B_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA+PA.depot or subsequent
MANUAL ACTIONS:  Yes - Update
Updated versions of perl are available on  <http://software.hp.com>. http://software.hp.com>
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