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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c02227261
Version: 1
HPSBOV02539 SSRT090267 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS Auditing, Local Information Disclosure,Elevation of Privilege, Denial of Service (DoS)
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon aspossible.
Release Date: 2010-07-12
Last Updated: 2010-07-12
Potential Security Impact: Local Information disclosure, elevation of privilege,Denial of Service (DoS)
Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP OpenVMS Auditing. Thevulnerability could result in a local disclosure of information or elevation ofprivilege. In addition, a potential vulnerability has been identified with HP OpenVMSon Itanium platforms. This vulnerability could be exploited locally resulting in aDenial of Service (DoS).
References: SSRT100144, CVE-2010-TBD
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP OpenVMS ALPHA v 8.3, v 8.2, v 7.3-2 and earlier
HP OpenVMS Itanium v 8.3-1H1, v 8.3, v 8.2-1 and earlier
BACKGROUND
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
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Reference Base Vector Base Score
CVE-2010-1973 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8
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Information on CVSS is documented
in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002
RESOLUTION
HP has made the following patch kits available to resolve the vulnerability.
Patch kit information and installation instructions are provided with each kit asnoted below . The patch kits and installation instructions are available from thefollowing location using anonymous ftp:
URL: ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches
HP OpenVMS patch kits are available for both ALPHA and ITANIUM platforms. For patchkits on older versions of HP OpenVMS, please contact HP support.
HP OpenVMS Version
Platform
Patch kit Location
Patch kit Image/Release Notes
v 7.3-2
ALPHA
alpha/V7.3-2/
VMS732_SYS_MUP-V1900.ZIPEXE
VMS732_SYS_MUP-V1900.txt
v 8.2
ALPHA
alpha/V8.2/
VMS82A_SYS_MUP-V1700.ZIPEXE
VMS82A_SYS_MUP-V1700.txt
v 8.3
ALPHA
alpha/V8.3/
VMS83A_SYS_MUP-V1700.ZIPEXE
VMS83A_SYS_MUP-V1700.txt
v 8.2-1
Itanium
i64/V8.2-1/
VMS821I_SYS_MUP-V1100.ZIPEXE
VMS821I_SYS_MUP-V1100.txt
v 8.3
Itanium
i64/V8.3/
VMS83I_SYS_MUP-V1400.ZIPEXE
VMS83I_SYS_MUP-V1400.txt
v 8.3-1H1
Itanium
i64/V8.3-1H1/
VMS831H1I_SYS_MUP-V1100.ZIPEXE
VMS831H1I_SYS_MUP-V1100.txt
PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
None
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) 12 July 2010 Initial release
Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installedon systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with thecustomer's patch management policy.
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* The Software Product Category that this Security Bulletin
relates to is represented by the 5th and 6th characters
of the Bulletin number in the title:
GN = HP General SW
MA = HP Management Agents
MI = Misc. 3rd Party SW
MP = HP MPE/iX
NS = HP NonStop Servers
OV = HP OpenVMS
PI = HP Printing & Imaging
ST = HP Storage SW
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TU = HP Tru64 UNIX
UX = HP-UX
VV = HP VirtualVault
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