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TITLE:
OpenVMS RMS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38366

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38366/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenVMS, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the RMS
(Record Management Services) implementation on ALPHA platforms and
can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in systems having RMS patch kit
VMS83A_RMS-V1000 or update kit VMS83A_UPDATE-V1100 installed.

SOLUTION:
Install patch kit VMS83A_RMS-V1100:
http://itrc.hp.com

The vulnerability is also fixed in VMS83A_UPDATE-V1200.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBOV02505 SSRT100023:
http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02001423

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