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TITLE:
HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Security Bypass and Denial of Service
Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46743

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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https://secunia.com/advisories/46743/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46743

RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-04

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in HP TCP/IP Services for
OpenVMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error related to POP and IMAP servers can be
exploited to bypass certain security restrictions.

2) An unspecified error related to SMTP servers can be exploited to
cause a crash.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 5.6 and 5.7 on iTanium
and ALPHA Servers.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Further details available in Customer Area:
https://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) Peter Weaver
2) Christer Öberg

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBOV02467 SSRT090152:
https://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01908983

HPSBOV02470 SSRT080123:
https://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01915145

OTHER REFERENCES:
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DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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