Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-042 |
Date Published: | 27 Feb 2011 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Sunday 27 February, 2011 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2010-4113 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | HP Power Manager is a web-based application for managing a HP Uninterruptible Power System (UPS). The web management console allows users to monitor, manage, and control a single UPS locally and remotely. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists within HP Power Manager. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in HP Power Manager when processing URL parameters passed to the login form of the management web server. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted "Login" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HP Power Manager Administration web server stack buffer overflow