Notified: April 21, 2008

Statement Date: July 15, 2008

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c01503743

Version: 1



HPSBST02350 SSRT080102 rev.1 - Storage Management Appliance (SMA), Microsoft Patch Applicability MS08-037 to MS08-040



NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.



Release Date: 2008-07-14

Last Updated: 2008-07-14



Potential Security Impact: Please check the table below



Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team



VULNERABILITY SUMMARY

Various potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft software that is running on the Storage Management Appliance (SMA). Some of these vulnerabilities may be pertinent to the SMA, please check the table in the Resolution section of this Security Bulletin.



References: MS08-037 (CVE-2008-1447, CVE-2008-1454), MS08-038 (CVE-2008-1435), MS08-039 (CVE-2008-2247, CVE-2008-2248), MS08-040 (CVE-2008-0085, CVE-2008-0086, CVE-2008-0106, CVE-2008-0107).



SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

Storage Management Appliance v2.1 Software running on:



Storage Management Appliance I

Storage Management Appliance II

Storage Management Appliance III



BACKGROUND



CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics

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Reference Base Vector Base Score

-- Not Applicable --

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Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.



Patches released by Microsoft after MS06-051 are covered by monthly Security Bulletins.



For the full archived list of Microsoft security updates applicable for Storage Management Appliance software v2.1, please refer to the following Security Bulletins available on the IT Resource Center (ITRC) Web site: http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/secBullArchive.do





For patches released by Microsoft in 2003, MS03-001 to MS03-051 refer to Security Bulletin HPSBST02146

For patches released by Microsoft in 2004, MS04-001 to MS04-045 refer to Security Bulletin HPSBST02147

For patches released by Microsoft in 2005, MS05-001 to MS05-055 refer to Security Bulletin HPSBST02148

For patches released by Microsoft in 2006, MS06-001 to MS06-051 refer to Security Bulletin HPSBST02140



The Microsoft patch index archive and further details about all Microsoft patches can be found on the following Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx



NOTE: The SMA must have all pertinent SMA Service Packs applied



Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1



Customers are advised to download and install the Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4 on SMA v2.1. For more information please refer to the Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4 and Storage Management Appliance v2.1 advisory at the following website: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179111&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=315667



Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not include security updates released after April 30, 2005 starting from MS05-026. It also does not include patches MS04-003 and MS04-028. Please install these patches in addition to Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for SP4, if they have not been installed already



RESOLUTION

HP strongly recommends the immediate installation of all security patches that apply to third party software which is integrated with SMA software products supplied by HP, and that patches are applied in accordance with an appropriate patch management policy.



NOTE: Patch installation instructions are shown at the end of this table.



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MS Patch - MS08-037 Vulnerabilities in DNS Could Allow Spoofing (953230)

Analysis - Patch will run successfully.

Action - For SMA v2.1, customers should download patch from Microsoft and install.

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MS Patch - MS08-038 Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (950582)

Analysis - SMA does not have this component.

Action - Patch will not run successfully. Customers should not be concerned with this issue

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MS Patch - MS08-039 Vulnerabilities in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (953747)

Analysis - SMA does not have this component.

Action - Patch will not run successfully. Customers should not be concerned with this issue

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MS Patch - MS08-040 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (941203)

Analysis - SMA does not have this component.

Action - Patch will not run successfully. Customers should not be concerned with this issue

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Installation Instructions: (if applicable)





Download patches to a system other than the SMA

Copy the patch to a floppy diskette or to a CD

Execute the patch by using Terminal Services to the SMA or by attaching a keyboard, monitor and mouse to the SMA.



Note: The Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 is supported on SMA v2.1. For more information please refer at the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c&hash=SYSSXDF&displaylang=en





PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION

None



HISTORY

Version:1 (rev.1) - 14 July 2008 Initial release



Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy.



Support: For further information, contact normal HP Services support channel.



Report: To report a potential security vulnerability with any HP supported product, send Email to: security-alert@hp.com

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To get the security-alert PGP key, please send an e-mail message as follows:

To: security-alert@hp.com

Subject: get key



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To review previously published Security Bulletins visit: http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/secBullArchive.do





* The Software Product Category that this Security Bulletin relates to is represented by the 5th and 6th characters of the Bulletin number in the title:



GN = HP General SW

MA = HP Management Agents

MI = Misc. 3rd Party SW

MP = HP MPE/iX

NS = HP NonStop Servers

OV = HP OpenVMS

PI = HP Printing & Imaging

ST = HP Storage SW

TL = HP Trusted Linux

TU = HP Tru64 UNIX

UX = HP-UX

VV = HP VirtualVault



System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to maintain system integrity. HP is continually reviewing and enhancing the security features of software products to provide customers with current secure solutions.





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