From aleph1@UNDERGROUND.ORG Sun Sep 3 23:04:53 2000 From: Aleph One To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:01:07 -0800 Reply-To: support_feedback@us-support.external.hp.com Subject: Security Bulletins Digest HP Support Information Digests =============================================================================== o HP Electronic Support Center World Wide Web Service --------------------------------------------------- If you subscribed through the HP Electronic Support Center and would like to be REMOVED from this mailing list, access the HP Electronic Support Center on the World Wide Web at: http://us-support.external.hp.com Login using your HP Electronic Support Center User ID and Password. Then select Support Information Digests. You may then unsubscribe from the appropriate digest. =============================================================================== Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest Created: Mon Jan 24 3:00:03 PST 2000 Table of Contents: Document ID Title --------------- ----------- HPSBUX0001-110 Security Vulnerability with PMTU strategy The documents are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document ID: HPSBUX0001-110 Date Loaded: 20000123 Title: Security Vulnerability with PMTU strategy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY ADVISORY: #00110, 24 Jan 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in the following Security Advisory 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 Advisory as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM: An HP-UX 10.30/11.00 system can be used as an IP traffic amplifier. Small amounts of inbound traffic can result in larger amounts of outbound traffic. PLATFORM: HP-UX release 10.30 and 11.00 only. DAMAGE: Depending upon the amount and nature of inbound traffic, an HP-UX 10.30/11.00 system can be used to flood a target system with IP packets which could result in a denial of service. SOLUTION: Set the NDD parameter ip_pmtu_strategy to 1. AVAILABILITY: This capability is already available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. A. Background HP provides a proprietary method for determining PMTU. When traffic needs to be routed to a destination for which the optimum MTU has not been determined, ICMP packets are used to discover the MTU for that path while data traffic is shipped in parallel. This is the default strategy for determining PMTU. B. Recommended solution Reference ndd manpage (1M), /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf To ensure that this parameter is set each time the system is booted, add the following lines to /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf TRANSPORT_NAME[<index>]=ip NDD_NAME[<index>]=ip_pmtu_strategy NDD_VALUE[<index>]=1 The value of <index> is an integer from 0 to 99. The first parameter specified in the file should use an <index> of 0, the second an <index> of 1, and so on. Once these changes have been made, execute the following command: /usr/bin/ndd -c This sets all of the options specified in the file /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf. To verify that the parameter is set correctly, use the following command. /usr/bin/ndd -get /dev/ip ip_pmtu_strategy This should report a value of 1. Another way to change the ip_pmtu_strategy parameter on a running system is to use the following NDD command: /usr/bin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_pmtu_strategy 1 This setting will only last until the system is rebooted at which point the value of the parameter will be determined by the default value of 2 or whatever value is set in /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic mail, do the following: Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page at: http://us-support.external.hp.com (for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America) http://europe-support.external.hp.com (for Europe) Under the Maintenance and Support Menu (Electronic Support Center): click on the "more..." link. Then - To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins, or To -review- bulletins already released click on "Support Information Digests" near the bottom of the page, under "Notifications". 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