CVE-2007-5241

Published: Oct 6, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in NET$CSMACD.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via the "MCR MCL SHOW CSMA-CD Port * All" command, which overwrites a Non-Paged Pool Packet.

Affected (2)

Products: Hp: Openvms

1 product

Openvms

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hp Openvms	Up to 8.3
Hp Openvms	Up to 8.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (12)

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/583.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://osvdb.org/37811

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27084

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25939

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3382

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html