Check Point Advisories

HP Data Protector OmniInet Service NULL Dereference Denial of Service

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-073
Date Published: 13 Mar 2011
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description HP OpenView Storage Data Protector is a backup solution tailored for enterprise and distributed environments. The Data Protector environment consists of various components and processes: Cell Manager, OmniInet, backup agents, and backup device servers. The OmniInet process (omniinet.exe) is responsible for communication between systems in the cell as well as for starting other processes that are used for backup and restore operations. A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in HP Data Protector OmniInet Service. The vulnerability is due to a NULL pointer dereference error in OmniInet Service when parsing malformed requests. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by sending a maliciously crafted request to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause the target service to terminate abnormally resulting in a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block maliciously crafted requests sent to the vulnerable server.

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

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Data Protector OmniInet Service NULL Dereference Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  HP Data Protector OmniInet Service NULL dereference denial of service

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