-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- We have contacted Davide Del Vecchio and confirmed that the the buffer overflow in disable(1) does not occur with the patches recommended in HPSBUX0208-213, which says in part: ----------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0208-213 Originally issued: 26 Aug 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ PROBLEM: Potential buffer overflows in lp subsystem PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX releases 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11 (11i). DAMAGE: Potential denial of service to lp subsystem, SOLUTION: Install the applicable patch for the OS release: HP-UX 10.20 PHCO_27133, HP-UX 11.00 PHCO_27132, HP-UX 11.11 PHCO_27020. MANUAL ACTIONS: none AVAILABILITY: The patches are available now on itrc.hp.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please send any questions to security-alert@hp.com. Yours truly, SOFTWARE SECURITY RESPONSE TEAM (SSRT) Hewlett-Packard Company HP Services Join our (pre-merger) HP SECURITY BULLETIN MAILING LIST! http://itrc.hp.com In the left most frame select "Maintenance and Support" Under the "Notifications" section (near the bottom of the page), select "Support Information Digests". JOIN OUR (pre-merger) COMPAQ CUSTOMER SECURITY BULLETIN MAILING LIST! http://www.support.compaq.com/patches/mailing-list.shtml -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Security 7.0.3 iQCVAwUBPk1LKkb+N2sIuD1FAQH5GAP/eFlIR+reuyR2bzb4Axuldj5zZfohLT/S IRnRsa7Yo2OoPNcdgQH/vMSKc9T6z4UCqZum/0gYHZIKurOEcb0eQ++op+gL3sOx Cy8uMSQC7Md8bk2IMCACJoiGKasnyeyZ8DlMT3GXyzu5G00at69DMaBIEma3AbzW QRoVs4ZUDr8= =oGd6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----