Check Point Advisories

Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager modifyAccounts Policy Bypass

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-1282
Date Published: 3 Mar 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Friday 29 March, 2024
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75

Who is Vulnerable? Novell Privileged User Manager 2.3.1
Vulnerability Description A policy bypass vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager. The vulnerability is due to an access control weakness when handling a modifyAccounts request. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a malicious request to a vulnerable server. Successful exploitation could result in code execution under the context of SYSTEM.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager modifyAccounts Policy Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Novell NMAP Protocol Violation
Attack Information: Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager modifyAccounts Policy Bypass

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