Check Point Advisories

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management TFTPD Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-4323)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-071
Date Published:	9 Mar 2011
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 05 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-4323
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Novell ZENworks Configuration Management is an IT desktop computer management suite that is based on a client/server architecture. A management server collects and sends data of managed assets by communicating with client applications installed on computers, or via other management protocols. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the TFTPD service while parsing crafted client requests. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by sending a crafted packet to the affected server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability 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 Configuration Management TFTPD Heap 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 Configuration Management TFTPD heap buffer overflow