Check Point Advisories

HP Data Protector Client EXEC_CMD Command Execution (CVE-2011-0923)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-492
Date Published: 1 Nov 2011
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-0923
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in HP Data Protector. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of arguments passed to the EXEC_CMD command. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected Data Protector service. Successful exploitation will allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block maliciously crafted requests sent to the client.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Data Protector Client EXEC_CMD Command Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  HP Data Protector client EXEC_CMD command execution

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