ZDI-12-002 : HP OpenView NNM ov.dll _OVBuildPath Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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ZDI-12-002 : HP OpenView NNM ov.dll _OVBuildPath Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-002
January 5, 2012

• – CVE ID:
  CVE-2011-3167

• – CVSS:
  10, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• – Affected Vendors:

Hewlett-Packard

• – Affected Products:

Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager

• – TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
  TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
  vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 11952.
  For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

  http://www.tippingpoint.com

• – Vulnerability Details:
  This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
  vulnerable installations of OpenView Network Node Manager.
  Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within ov.dll. When processing a user supplied
file name for the textFile option, there exists an insufficient boundary
check before supplying the value to a format string within _OVBuildPath,
causing a stack overflow. This can lead to memory corruption which can
be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the target
service.

• – Vendor Response:

Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03054052

• – Disclosure Timeline:
  2011-05-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor

2012-01-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory

• – Credit:
  This vulnerability was discovered by:

• Aniway ([email protected])

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