You may then unsubscribe from the appropriate digest. The documents are listed below. The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard will not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible. Vulnerability exists that could allow local users to gain root privileges.
All patches are currently available.
The vulnerability can be eliminated from HP-UX releases 9.X and up to and including 10.30, by applying the appropriate patch. Determine which patch is appropriate for your operating system. 10.00 users are encouraged to upgrade to HP-UX version 10.01 or above. Apply the patch to your HP-UX system. The patches for HP-UX releases 9.X and 10.X provide enhancements to the ppl executable to avoid this vulnerability.