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All patches are available now.
These coding sequences are malicious in origin and not representative of compiler generated code. The resulting system crash is not always predictable, depending heavily on the state of the system at the time of the attack. Having identified this type of system vulnerability, HP has developed a patch that when installed provides the following countermeasures. First, it will protect your system from privilege violations that might be attempted using these malicious coding sequences. Secondly, it strengthens the Operating System so that it is more resistant to this type of attack.