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	    Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory

Subject:		Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: xterms in saved CDE sessions
Advisory number: 	CSSA-2001-SCO.37
Issue date: 		2001 December 5
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
	
	In UnixWare 7.1.x and Open Unix 8.0.0, xterms saved in previous
	desktop sessions can acquire privileges they should not have in
	subsequent sessions.

	In UnixWare 7.1.x, xterms saved in previous desktop sessions do
	not honor the value of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.


2. Vulnerable Versions

	Operating System	Version		Affected Files
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	UnixWare 7		7.1.x		/usr/dt/bin/dtsession
	Open UNIX		8.0.0		/usr/dt/bin/dtsession


3. Workaround

	None.


4. UnixWare 7, Open UNIX 8

  4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.37/


  4.2 Verification

	md5 checksums:
	
	eb52ca9bcb98ada422002594e6654ff0	erg711820.Z


	md5 is available for download from

		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/


  4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:

	# uncompress /tmp/erg711820.Z
	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711820


5. References

	This and other advisories are located at
		http://stage.caldera.com/support/security

	This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
	sr848309, fz51679, and erg711820.


6. Disclaimer

	Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
	of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
	through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
	to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
	use of Caldera International products.

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