Check Point Advisories

HP Operations Agent Opcode 0x34 Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-2019)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-385
Date Published:	14 Oct 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 December, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-2019
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HP Operations Agent prior to 11.03.12
Vulnerability Description	A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in HP Operations Agent.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a bound checking error when processing requests containing certain opcodes. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to the server. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute non-privileged code in on the target server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malicious HTTP requests sent to the server.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Operations Agent Opcode 0x34 Stack Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation
Attack Information: HP Operations Agent Opcode 0x34 stack buffer overflow