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HP OpenView NNM ovlogin.exe CGI userid/passwd Heap Overflow Vulnerability

TPTI-09-08: December 9th, 2009

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Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the ovlogin.exe CGI application. During authentication both the userid and passwd POST variables are passed to this CGI and copied in to a static 0x100 byte heap buffer via a sprintf() call. By specifying large enough strings this buffer can be overflowed leading to arbitrary code execution.

Vendor Response

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

Disclosure Timeline

    2009-07-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2009-12-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

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