SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP14485 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: S233BNW.EXE TITLE: Compaq Survey Utility for NetWare VERSION: 2.33.B LANGUAGE: English, Japanese CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia Servers OPERATING SYSTEM: Novell NetWare 3.12, 3.20 Novell NetWare 4.x, Novell NetWare 5.x SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2001 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP14446 DESCRIPTION: The Compaq Survey Utility is an online agent that captures critical hardware and operating system configuration information on Compaq servers without interrupting server operation. It automates a configuration history log, allowing administrators to identify and compare configuration changes. ENHANCEMENTS: FIXES: Fixed a potential security issue in the web-enabled portion of the Survey Utility for Windows. There is a buffer overflow problem when a large value HTTP request is passed in the Survey Agents. It could result in a modification of the host server's stack. Depending on how the stack was modified, the server could potentially GPF. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to unpack the files. The number of files to be created and total file size is displayed. You will be given the chance to specify the target directory for the files, or default to the download directory. The following files should be created: RELEASE.TXT SP14485.TXT S233BNW.EXE 3. Run S233BNW.EXE. This will extract the installation files for Survey Utility for NetWare to a temporary directory. 4. To install, refer to README.TXT for additional information. 5. After the installation is complete, you may delete the files/directories created during steps 1 through 3. Copyright 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies