The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard Company 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.
Text editors contain a buffer overflow.
HP9000 Series 700 and 800 running HP-UX releases 11.00, 11.04, 10.20, 10.24, 10.10, and 10.01. Users could compromise system availability. The patches are available now. This defect affects various programs such as e, ex, vi, edit, view, and vedit which all use the same facilities. The problem can be fully resolved by applying the appropriate patches to the system.