Check Point Advisories

HP Intelligent Management Center Database Credentials Information Disclosure

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-223
Date Published:	26 Jul 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 26 July, 2010
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	HP 3Com IMC is a modular management system designed to integrate the management of devices, services and users. An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC). A remote attacker may exploit this issue via a specially crafted HTTP request, to retrieve database credentials setup for the affected application. Successful exploitation of this issue will allow the attacker to gain access to restricted files.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.Note that in order for this defense to protect your HP Intelligent Management Center, you will need to configure port 8080 (which is also the HTTP proxy port) to work with the HTTP protocol. You need to do the following:1. In the Services tree, click on TCP > HTTP_and_HTTPS_proxy. The TCP Service Properties window opens.2. Click on Advanced. Select the Protocol Type: HTTP.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Intelligent Management Center Database Credentials Information Disclosure 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 Intelligent Management Center database credentials information disclosure