Check Point Advisories

HP Diagnostics magentservice.exe Stack Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-659
Date Published:	18 Nov 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 02 November, 2021
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the HP Diagnostics Server. The vulnerability is due to lack of boundary checking while copying user-supplied data into a stack buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a malicious message to the target. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would lead to code execution in the security context of the affected service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of a malicious message to the target host.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Diagnostics magentservice.exe Stack 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: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HP Diagnostics magentservice.exe stack buffer overflow