Check Point Advisories

Novell ZENworks Handheld Management ZfHIPCND.exe Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-4299)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-044
Date Published:	15 Feb 2011
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 05 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-4299
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Novell ZENworks Handheld Management is part of the Novell ZENworks suite that allows administrators to remotely update, configure, and inventory handheld devices such as Palm, Windows CE, PocketPC, and RIM BlackBerry. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Novell ZENworks Handheld Management. The vulnerability is due to an error in the IP Conduit service of the Novell ZENworks Handheld Management. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by sending a crafted packet to the affected server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ZENworks Handheld Management that will allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block crafted packets sent to the vulnerable server.

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 Novell ZENworks Handheld Management ZfHIPCND.exe Buffer 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Novell ZENworks Handheld Management ZfHIPCND.exe buffer overflow