Check Point Advisories

HP Database Archiving Software GIOP Opcode Buffer Overflow (CVE-2011-4163)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-374
Date Published:	14 Oct 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 18 April, 2024
Source:	CVE-2011-4163
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HP Database Archiving Software v6.31
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in HP Database Archiving Software.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow while handling GIOP requests containing specially crafted values. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted GIOP request message to the target. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious GIOP requests to the server.

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.