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- DDN MGT Bulletin 57 DCA DDN Defense Communications System
- 24 Apr 89 Published by: DDN Network Info Center
- (NIC@SRI-NIC.ARPA) (800) 235-3155
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- DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
- MANAGEMENT BULLETIN
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- 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
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- 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
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- SECURITY PROBLEM IN SUN 386i SYSTEMS
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- APPLICABLE OPERATING SYSTEM: SunOS 4.0.1 on Sun 386i Systems only
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- PROBLEM: A serious security problem exists with the Sun 386i
- product.
-
- STATUS: Sun support and Sun's field offices are able to supply a new
- set of programs that will solve the problem. We strongly recommend
- contacting Sun to prevent possible compromises of your 386i systems.
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- CONTACTS: Sun service hotline at 1-800-USA-4SUN.
- Your local Sun representative for site-specific information.
- CERT at (412) 268-7090 for general problem information.
- SRI/NIC at 1-800-235-3155 for general information.
-
- NOTE: This bulletin represents the best information available
- at this time to fix this problem. As with any program
- modification, CHECK WITH YOUR VENDOR BEFORE APPLYING.
-
- INTERIM FIX: Until you receive the new programs from Sun, we suggest
- that you change the protection of the login program in
- the following manner:
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- chmod 2750 login
-
- This modification will allow login to continue to work but
- removes users access to it.
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- DETAILS: (from Sun).
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- "Sun386 SunOS 4.0.1 Security Announcement"
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- Sun now has two binaries available through your local Answer Centers
- to enhance the security of systems running Sun386 SunOS 4.0.1.
- We are making these fixes available to further enhance the security
- features of the Sun386i SunOS.
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- The bug fixes available on these tapes are described in Early Warning
- Releases 10 and 11. The bug fixes will be incorporated in future
- releases of Sun386.
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- Customers with Sun 386i systems can obtain the above bug fixes by
- calling the Sun service hotline 1-800-USA-4SUN, or their local Sun
- vendor representatives.
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- Ask for the fix for bug reference IDs 1017464, 1015747, and 1015043
- from the USAC.
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- Customers in Europe and Intercon should contact their local service
- center or call their local Sun hotline to obtain this fix.
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