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TITLE:
HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33028

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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS 8.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13161/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to the default user having read and write
privileges (W:RWED) for the "OSIT$NAMES" logical name table. This can
be exploited to modify the "OSIT$NAMES" table without having SYSNAM
privileges.

SOLUTION:
Update to DECnet-Plus V8.3 ECO03.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V8.3/AXP_DNVOSIECO03-V83.txt

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