: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 error in PAS$RTL.EXE and can be exploited to cause a system crash via a specially crafted Pascal program.Solution:– OpenVMS ALPHA V8.3 –Apply VMS83A_PASRTL-V0100.ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V8.3/– OpenVMS for Integrity Servers V8.3 –Apply VMS83I_PASRTL-V0100.ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/i64/V8.3/Provided and/or discovered by:Reported by the vendor.Original Advisory:http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/503.htmlhttp://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/504.html

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