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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c02656471
Version: 1

HPSBOV02618 SSRT100354 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS Integrity Servers, Local Denial of Service (DoS), Gain Privileged Access

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.

Release Date: 2010-12-14
Last Updated: 2010-12-14

Potential Security Impact: Local Denial of Service (DoS), gain privileged access

Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP OpenVMS Integrity Servers. The vulnerability could be locally exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS) or to gain privileged access to system resources.

References: CVE-2010-4110

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP OpenVMS Itanium v 8.3, v 8.3-1H1, v 8.4.

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
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  Reference              Base Vector             Base Score
CVE-2010-4110    (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)       5.7
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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.

Mandatory Update Patch (MUP) for OpenVMS Integrity customers is provided in kits to be downloaded from the ITRC.
Patch kit information and installation instructions are provided with each kit.

To download the MUP from the ITRC:

  - Go to http://itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
  - Login using ID/e-mail and password
  - Search from the below OpenVMS patches for the Patch Kit Image name

    HP OpenVMS Version    Platform    Patch kit Image

    v 8.3                 Itanium     VMS83I_SYS_MUP-V1600
    v 8.3-1H1             Itanium     VMS831H1I_SYS_MUP-V1300
    v 8.4                 Itanium     VMS84I_MUP-V0200

PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
None

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 14 December 2010 Initial release

Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy.

Support: For further information, contact normal HP Services support channel.

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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
TL = HP Trusted Linux
TU = HP Tru64 UNIX
UX = HP-UX
VV = HP VirtualVault

System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to maintain system integrity. HP is continually reviewing and enhancing the security features of software products to provide customers with current secure solutions.

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