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OpenVMS Exception Handling Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA25094
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Last Update: 2007-05-07
Popularity: 5,146 views

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

OS:OpenVMS 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2468


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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