OpenVMS Exception Handling Denial of Service - Advisories

OpenVMS Exception Handling Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory:	SA25094
Release Date:	2007-05-01
Last Update:	2007-05-07

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	OpenVMS 8.x


CVE reference:	CVE-2007-2468 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: A vulnerability has been reported in OpenVMS, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the handling of exceptions in programs and can be exploited to cause a system to crash. Solution: OpenVMS for Integrity Servers V8.2-1: Apply VMS821I_SYS-V0400. ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.2-1/VMS821I_SYS-V0400.ZIPEXE OpenVMS for Integrity Servers V8.3: Apply VMS83I_SYS-V0200. ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.3/VMS83I_SYS-V0200.ZIPEXE Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2007-05-07: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.2-1/VMS821I_SYS-V0400.txt ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.3/VMS83I_SYS-V0200.txt



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