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PING : OPENVIEW OMNIBACK II VULNERABILITY : INTRODUCTION

SECURITY VULNERABILITY WITH HP OPENVIEW OMNIBACK II
A. Background
B. Fixing the problem
C. Recommendations
D. Subscribe to receive future HP Security Bulletins
E. Report new security vulnerabilities

Document ID: RAF36213ECA

The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard 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.

PROBLEM: A user can increase privileges or gain invalid access to files on an HP OpenView OmniBack II client host.

PLATFORM: HP9000 series 7/800 running releases 9.X, 10.X, or 11.00. Other vendor platforms as noted below.

DAMAGE: Users can increase privileges.

SOLUTION: Apply patches and follow instructions noted below.

AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.

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