# CVE-2007-2998: Denial of service in n/a

> Local users can crash OpenVMS systems by executing specific Pascal code due to improper restoration of processor state values.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jun 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3j5p-c9jq-rrfh

## What is CVE-2007-2998?

CVE-2007-2998 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Pascal run-time library (PAS$RTL.EXE) before 20070418 on OpenVMS for Integrity Servers 8.3, and PAS$RTL.EXE before 20070419 on OpenVMS Alpha 8.3, does not properly restore PC and PSL values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain Pascal code.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2998?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Openvms.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2998?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-2998 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2998 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5120/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-17482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17482/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2007-0139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0139/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-4052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4052/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2008-3947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3947/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2998 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2998 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2998 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2998/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2998
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2998
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2998

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