Check Point Advisories

Novell ZENworks Desktop Management ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-5073)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-349
Date Published: 18 Mar 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-5073
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Novel ZENworks Desktop Management is a resource management solution for workstations and laptops. The product include various software components that are installed on management and managed computers. One of these software components is an ActiveX control implemented in file AxNalServer.dll. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Novell ZENworks Desktop Management ActiveX Control. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checking when an overly long parameter is passed to the affected ActiveX control. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation could lead to injection and execution of arbitrary code in the security context of the currently logged in user. An attack targeting this vulnerability can result in the injection and execution of arbitrary code. If code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Any injected code will be executed within the security context of the currently logged on user. In an attack case where code execution is unsuccessful, Internet Explorer may terminate abnormally due to memory corruption.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell ZENworks Desktop Management ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Novell ZENworks desktop management ActiveX control canUninstall method buffer overflow

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