Check Point Advisories

HP Intelligent Management Center tftpserver.exe Remote Code Execution (CVE-2011-1851)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-546
Date Published: 6 Dec 2011
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-1851
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in HP Intelligent Management Center. The vulnerability is due to improper verification of the destination buffer's size while handling the transfer mode field within the tftpserver.exe component. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed TFTP packet to an affected server. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution within the security context of the running service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious TFTP packets.

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 Intelligent Management Center tftpserver.exe Remote Code 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 Intelligent Management Center tftpserver.exe remote code execution

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