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TITLE:
HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Finger Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31587

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31587/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/2949/

DESCRIPTION:
Christer Öberg, Claes Nyberg, and James Tusini have reported a
vulnerability in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
finger client and can be exploited via specially crafted ".plan" or
".project" files placed in the attacker's home directory.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but
requires that the user is tricked into connecting to a malicious
finger server.

SOLUTION:
Do not run the finger client against untrusted finger servers.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Christer Öberg, Claes Nyberg, and James Tusini

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF

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