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TITLE:
OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27939

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27939/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
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.txt

PROVIDED 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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