Check Point Advisories

HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarmsrv Integer Overflow (CVE-2008-2438)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-387
Date Published:	31 Jan 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-2438
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	HP OpenView product consists of a suite of network and system management software applications developed by HP. It includes hundreds of optional modules and components, for example: OpenView Quality Manager, OpenView Performance Insight, OpenView Network Node Manager, etc. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in HP OpenView Network Node Manager software. The flaw is due to improper validation while processing specially crafted requests sent to the ovalarmsrv.exe server. Remote attackers could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target server. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behaviour of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the affected process. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected process will terminate abnormally.

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 HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarmsrv Integer 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: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarmsrv integer overflow