Check Point Advisories

HP Universal CMDB JMX Console Authentication Bypass (CVE-2014-7883)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0208
Date Published: 3 Mar 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 08 March, 2015
Source: HP c04553906
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-7883
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? HP Universal CMDB Server 9.05
HP Universal CMDB Server 10.01
HP Universal CMDB Server 10.10
HP Universal CMDB Server 10.11
Vulnerability Description An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in HP Universal CMDB. The vulnerability is in the JMX Console web application. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness in processing HTTP requests that are neither GET nor POST. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending HTTP requests that are not GET or POST. In a successful attack scenario, the attacker can run arbitrary commands on the server with SYSTEM privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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 Universal CMDB JMX Console Authentication Bypass 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 Universal CMDB JMX Console Authentication Bypass

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