Check Point Advisories

HP OpenView Network Node Manager Accept-Language Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2009-4179)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0461
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-4179
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow exists in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) CGI program ovalarm.exe. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when processing the Accept-Language HTTP header and the OvAcceptLang cookie value in a crafted HTTP request. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a target server.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Accept-Language Buffer Overflow - Ver2 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 OpenView Network Node Manager Accept-Language Buffer Overflow - Ver2