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HP Intelligent Management Center Img Buffer Overflow (CVE-2011-1848)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-125
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Secunia Advisory: 47789
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2011-1848
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
HP Intelligent Management Center prior to 5.0
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the img component of the HP Intelligent Management Center.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to an error when processing packets sent to the component. User-supplied data is directly copied to a stack buffer without boundary check. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the security context of the SYSTEM user. Unsuccessful exploit attempt may cause the affected application to terminate abnormally.

Protection Overview
IPS will detect and block the transferring of malformed packets.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Intelligent Management Center img Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
2. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation
Attack Information: HP Intelligent Management Center img Buffer Overflow

IPS-1 NGX R65 & IPS-1

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
2. In the Protection tree, click Application Intelligence > Enterprise Software , and select the HP Intelligent Management Center protection group.
3. Click HP Intelligent Management Center img Buffer Overflow.
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
5. Click on Install Policy.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entries will be logged:

Alert Name: HP Intelligent Management Center.
Description: HP Intelligent Management Center img Buffer Overflow.