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OpenVMS page management vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#10031

Original Release Date: 2003-06-01 | Last Revised: 2004-03-23

Overview

Old versions (circa 1993) of OpenVMS and OpenVMS AXP contain a vulnerability related to page management.

Description

There is a vulnerability related to page management in old versions (circa 1993) of Open VMS. An exploit for this vulnerability, written in MACRO-32, was available at the time this vulnerability was first reported. No other details are currently available. See also CERT Advisory CA-1993-05.

Impact

An unprivileged user on a VMS system can gain full system privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to a recent (post 1993) version of OpenVMS. If you are still using an old version of OpenVMS, apply a patch as decribed in CERT Advisory CA-1993-05.

Vendor Information

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Digital Equipment Corporation for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn V Hernan.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-1999-1312
CERT Advisory: CA-1993-05
Severity Metric: 0.43
Date Public: 1993-03-01
Date First Published: 2003-06-01
Date Last Updated: 2004-03-23 22:07 UTC
Document Revision: 3

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