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Fwd: Security Alert: Groupwise - Action Required

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Shaw)
Tue Aug 14 22:59:40 2001

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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:39:06 -0500
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
From: Mike Shaw <mshaw@wwisp.com>
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I don't know if there is anyone running Groupwise anymore (I guess I'd be 
surprised) but this is worth a look if you are.

-Mike

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>Novell has discovered a security issue with GroupWise. This issue only 
>affects GroupWise 5.5 Enhancement Pack and GroupWise 6 customers. A fix, 
>called the Padlock Fix, has been developed and is available on Novell's 
>support Web site at: http://support.novell.com/padlock
>
>We have sent a message to all GroupWise customers for whom we have contact 
>information. If you have customers who are running GroupWise, please call 
>them, inform them of this issue, and ask them to download the Server 
>Padlock Fix immediately. There is both a server and client fix. Once the 
>Server Padlock Fix is applied, that server and its corresponding 
>workstations are secured. The Client Padlock Fix then needs to be applied 
>to return the overall system to optimum performance.  Again, we recommend 
>that all of your customers apply the Server Padlock Fix immediately.
>
>Your customers may call Novell Technical Support free of charge at 
>1.800.858.4000, for EMEA call 49.211.5632.744, for Asia/Pacific call 
>61.2.9925.3000.
>
>Novell is not releasing details about the security issue at this time so 
>that our customers have time to secure their systems.  GroupWise 4.x, 5.0, 
>5.2, and 5.5 servers and clients are not affected. Customers with these 
>versions need not apply the fix.
>
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