O-218: HP Web Jetadmin Remote Access Vulnerability

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HP SECURITY BULLETIN
 
  
HPSBPI01078     REVISION: 0 
 
SSRT4739 rev.0 HP Web Jetadmin arbitrary command execution
 

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INITIAL RELEASE:    13 September 2004 
 

 
POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:    arbitrary command execution 
 
SOURCE:    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
HP Software Security Response Team 
 
REFERENCES:    bugtraq id 9973 
 
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
 A potential vulnerability has been identified with HP Web Jetadmin which 
 could be remotely exploited resulting in the execution of arbitrary 
 commands on the system running HP Web Jetadmin .  
 
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*:  ONLY impacted versions are listed.
 HP Web Jetadmin 7.5  
  
BACKGROUND:
For a PGP signed version of this bulletin please write to 
security-alert@hp.com.

 HP has been informed of a potential security vulnerability with the HP 
 Web Jetadmin software.  This potential vulnerability could be exploited 
 remotely to execute arbitrary commands on the system running HP Web 
 Jetadmin.    
 
RESOLUTION:
To eliminate the potential vulnerability download and install  HP Web 
Jetadmin Version 7.6 or subsequent from:

http://www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin 
 
BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY:
Revision 0 - 13 September 2004
Initial release 
 

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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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