FKIE_CVE-2008-5417

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-10 14:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59
Severity
Summary
HP DECnet-Plus 8.3 before ECO03 for OpenVMS on the Alpha platform uses world-writable permissions for the OSIT$NAMES logical name table, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify this table via the (1) SYS$CRELNM and (2) SYS$DELLNM system services.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V8.3/AXP_DNVOSIECO03-V83.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33028Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021364
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V8.3/AXP_DNVOSIECO03-V83.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33028Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1021364
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
hp decnet_plus_for_openvms 8.3
hp openvms 8.3
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