HPSBUX0203-187
Published: 2002-03-19 13:59:01
Updated: 2003-01-10 13:59:01
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**REVISED 01**
Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0203-187
Originally issued: 08 March 2002
Last Revised: 10 January 2003
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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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ISSUE: A vulnerability in the Java(TM) Runtime Environment Bytecode
Verifier may be exploited by an untrusted applet to escalate
privileges.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.20 and
11.x only. This security bulletin applies to Java
on HP-UX. It does not cover software shipped on Linux
or Windows/NT.
POSSIBLE RESULT: Privileges are escalated improperly.
**REVISED 01**
MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - Update
JDK and JRE 1.1.8.06 or higher for HP-UX 10.20.
JDK and JRE 1.1.8.06 or higher for HP-UX 11.x
JDK and JRE 1.2.2.12 or higher for HP-UX 11.x.
JDK and JRE 1.3.1.00 or higher for HP-UX 11.x
SOLUTION: Install the latest Java releases, as described below.
AVAILABILITY: These fixed releases are on www.hp.com/go/java now.
They are not available from itrc.hp.com
CHANGE SUMMARY: Revision 01 correct MANUAL ACTIONS field
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A. Background
A vulnerability in certain versions of the Java(TM) Runtime
Environment may be exploited by an untrusted applet to escalate
privileges.
There are no known attacks reported based on this vulnerability
to the best of Sun's knowledge.
B. Fixing the problem
Obtain and install the latest releases of the Java products.
For JDK/JRE 1.1.8, 1.2.2 and JDK/JRE 1.3.0 based releases go to
www.hp.com/go/java.
Section C. 1.) below will guide you in determining your installed Java version on HP-UX. The vulnerability is
fixed in releases 1.3.1 and higher. Users of 1.3.0.x will
need to update to 1.3.1.
The releases described in HP Security Bulletin #0186, issued
4 March 2002, also correct the vulnerability described here.
In other words, the releases in Section C. below will correct
both vulnerabilities.
C. Recommended solution
JDK and JRE 1.1.8.06 or higher for HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x.
JDK and JRE 1.2.2.12 or higher for HP-UX 11.x.
JDK and JRE 1.3.1.00 or higher for HP-UX 11.x
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HP-UX: Determining Java version information for JDK, JRE, and JPI
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There are two mechanisms to determine which versions of the Java
JDK/SDK (developer kit), JRE (runtime), or JPI (Java Plugin for
Netscape) you have installed.
First, you can use the following command to list the bundle revisions
for any installed Java products:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep -i java
Second, you can ask Java to identify itself by executing the
following:
<path>/bin/java -version
where path is typically
/opt/java - for Java 1.1
/opt/java1.2 - for Java 1.2
/opt/java1.3 - for Java 1.3
but may be an alternate location as specified during setup.
The plugin (JPI) is installed in user's home directories, so
you will need to check its version using the following.
For Java 1.2:
$HOME/.netscape/java/bin/java -version
For Java 1.1, you must use:
what $HOME/.netscape/java/bin/PA_RISC/green_threads/jre
NOTE: Do not rely on Netscape's Help/About_Plug-ins menu to
find the version number of the Plugin, because in some
cases the version number is incorrect.
a.) Unplugging the Plugin (Since the Plugin is manually installed into Netscape, it must be manually removed as well.)
If you have a plugin that you wish to remove because it has a
security issue, in addition to doing a swremove of the product
you must also do the following for Java 1.1 and Java 1.2:
rm -f $HOME/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.sl
rm -rf $HOME/.netscape/java
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