OpenVMS Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability

by Carol~ Moderator - 4/17/12 11:04 AM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - April 17, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-04-17

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

Operating System: OpenVMS 7.x
OpenVMS 8.x

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. No further information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* V7.3-2 Alpha
* V8.3 Alpha/IA64
* V8.3-1h1 IA64
* V8.4 Alpha/IA64

Solution:
Apply the patch kits.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
HPSBOV02765 SSRT100828:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03281869

http://secunia.com/advisories/48801/