Check Point Advisories

HP OpenView Network Node Manager CGI Host Header Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-4177)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-463
Date Published: 31 Jan 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 31 January, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-4177
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 several optional modules and components, such as OpenView Quality Manager, OpenView Performance Insight, OpenView Network Node Manager, etc. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) CGI certain program . The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when processing the Host header from HTTP requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a target server, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the Internet Guest account. In an attack scenario, where arbitrary code is injected and executed on the target machine, the behavior of the target is dependent on the logic of the malicious code.

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 HP OpenView Network Node Manager CGI Host Header 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:  HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  HP OpenView Network Node Manager CGI Host header buffer overflow

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