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- DDN MGT Bulletin 48 DCA DDN Defense Communications System
- 22 Dec 88 Published by: DDN Network Info Center
- (NIC@SRI-NIC.ARPA) (800) 235-3155
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- DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
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- MANAGEMENT BULLETIN
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- The DDN MANAGEMENT BULLETIN is distributed online by the DDN Network
- Information Center under DCA contract as a means of communicating
- official policy, procedures and other information of concern to
- management personnel at DDN facilities. Back issues may be read
- through the TACNEWS server ("ommand at the TAC) or may be
- obtained by FTP (or Kermit) from the SRI-NIC host [26.0.0.73 or
- 10.0.0.51] using login="anonymous" and password="guest". The pathname
- for bulletins is DDN-NEWS:DDN-MGT-BULLETIN-nn.TXT (where "nn" is the
- bulletin number).
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- SECURITY PROBLEM IN PASSWD
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- A security problem with the UNIX "passwd(1)" program has been
- discovered. This problem occurs in Berkeley UNIX systems as well as
- in most Berkeley-derived UNIX systems. Check with your vendor for more
- information.
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- A patch for this problem has been developed by Berkeley Software
- Distribution. It has been validated through the Computer Emergency Response
- Team (CERT) at the Software Engineering Institute.
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- You should retrieve a copy of the patch for UNIX BSD 4.3 from the Network
- Information Center (NIC) by means of anonymous FTP. The patch resides
- in the file:
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- NETINFO:PATCH-1.SHAR
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- Recommend that you check with your system vendor and apply this fix as soon as
- possible to protect your system.
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- If you have UNIX BSD 4.2 or older or other Berkeley-derived UNIX
- systems call the CERT at (412) 268-7090 for more information. Their
- E-mail addrees is: CERT@SEI.CMU.EDU.
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- For general information about this patch call the CERT or the Network
- Information Center at (800) 235-3155.
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- This represents the best information available at this time to fix this
- problem.
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