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A vulnerability was found in HP OpenVMS 8.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file sys$ei1000.exe. The manipulation of the argument sys$ei1000.exe
with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in (1) SYS$EI1000.EXE and (2) SYS$EI1000_MON.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via an "oversize" packet, which is not properly discarded if "the device has no remaining buffers after receipt of the first buffer segment."
The weakness was presented 10/03/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mail.openvms.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5242 since 10/06/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 39102 and 85913 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
10/03/2007 🔍10/03/2007 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: mail.openvms.org
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-5242 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 25939 - OpenVMS Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27084 - OpenVMS Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 37812 - OpenVMS SYS$EI1000.EXE Oversized Packet Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2007-3382
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 09/09/2018 11:44
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (54), 09/09/2018 11:44 (7)
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