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TITLE:
OpenVMS Exception Handling Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25094

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25094/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
OpenVMS 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/6052/

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.

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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