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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c03333494
Version: 1

HPSBOV02780 SSRT100766 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS ACMELOGIN, Local Unauthorized
Access and Increased Privileges

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

Release Date: 2012-05-17
Last Updated: 2012-05-17

Potential Security Impact: Local unauthorized access and increased
priviileges

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

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with OpenVMS ACMELOGIN
when SYS$ACM system service for authentication is enabled. The vulnerability
could be locally exploited to allow unauthorized access and increased
privileges.

References: CVE-2012-2010

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP OpenVMS Alpha v 8.3, v 8.4.
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-2012-2010    (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)       6.9
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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.

The patch kits and installation instructions are available from HP Support
Center (HPSC) :

To download a patch kit from HPSC :

Go to http://hp.com/go/hpsc .

Login using your HP Passport account.

Use the Search: HP Support Center at the top to search for the Patch Kit Name
from the table below.

HP OpenVMS Versions
 Platform
 Patch Kit Name

OpenVMS v 8.3
 ALPHA
 VMS83A_LOGINPLUS-V0100

OpenVMS v 8.4
 ALPHA
 VMS84A_LOGINPLUS-V0200

OpenVMS v 8.3
 ITANIUM
 VMS83I_LOGINPLUS-V0100

OpenVMS v 8.3-1H1
 ITANIUM
 VMS831H1I_LOGINPLUS-V0100

OpenVMS v 8.4
 ITANIUM
 VMS84I_LOGINPLUS-V0200

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) 17 May 2012 Initial release

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