Check Point Advisories

Preemptive Protection against HP OpenView Network Node Manager snmp.exe Oid Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-006
Date Published: 6 Jan 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Friday 15 January, 2010
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA37665
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-3849
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Who is Vulnerable? Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01
Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.51
Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) CGI program snmp.exe. The NNM is an HP OpenView product which manages networks. It determines and displays physical and logical connectivity in networks, as well as information referring to protocols running over the network. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code on a target server.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches:
HP Support Document ID: c01950877
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to a boundary error in snmp.exe when parsing HTTP requests containing an overly long Oid value. To trigger this issue, a remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the target server. Successful exploitation may allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target system, or cause the affected process to terminate abnormally.

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