Check Point Advisories

Novell ZENworks Asset Management Msg.dll Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-6299)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2006-284
Date Published:	20 Dec 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 20 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-6299
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	ZENworks Asset Management is an IT asset management suite developed by Novell. The product integrates asset inventory, software usage and license reconciliation functionality. The ZENworks Asset Management suite is based on a client/server architecture. A set of management servers collects data of managed assets by communicating with client applications installed on computers, or via other management protocols such as SNMP. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Novell ZENworks Asset Management product suite. The flaw is due to an improper data validation during processing of string data embedded inside network messages. An unauthenticated remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition or inject and execute arbitrary code on the target host with system-level privileges. In case of an attack, where code injection and execution is not successful, the ZENworks Asset Management Collection Server daemon might terminate abnormally, creating a denial of service condition. In case of an attack, where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the target host is dependent on the intended purpose of the injected code. The injected code is executed with System level privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell ZENworks Asset Management Msg.dll Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Novell ZENworks asset management msg.dll buffer overflow