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[1/5] OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

December 5th, 2007 by
[1/5] OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

:Some vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenVMS for Integrity Servers, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).1) An unspecified error when using the accelerated "glBitmap()" function on the embedded graphics hardware can be exploited to cause a system crash.2) An error when using the "glBitmap()" function with width or height set to 0 can result in an incorrect DMA packet, which can be exploited to cause a system crash or hang.3) An unspecified error exists within the [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE image when calling the Kerberos API on multi CPU systems, which can be exploited to cause a crash.The vulnerabilities are reported in OpenVMS for Integrity Servers V8.3.Solution:Apply update kit. See vendor advisory for details.ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.3/VMS83I_GRAPHICS-V0100.txtProvided and/or discovered by:Reported by the vendor.Original Advisory:ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.3/VMS83I_GRAPHICS-V0100.txt

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[1/5] OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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