Check Point Advisories

Sun Solstice AdminSuite sadmind Service adm_build_path Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-4556)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-024
Date Published:	15 Feb 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 15 February, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-4556
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Solstice AdminSuite is a set of applications for distributed system administration. sadmind is a daemon used by Solstice AdminSuite to control the servers running Sun Solaris operating system. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Solstice AdminSuite's sadmind. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Solstice AdminSuite's sadmind that fails to properly validate user input when processing RPC requests. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted RPC message sent to the vulnerable host. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed SUN-RPC requests sent to the vulnerable service.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Sun Solstice AdminSuite sadmind Service adm_build_path 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: SUN-RPC Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: Sun Solstice AdminSuite sadmind service adm_build_path buffer overflow