Check Point Advisories

HP Release Control Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1689
Date Published:	13 Jul 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 13 July, 2014
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77 R76 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HP Release Control 9.20.0000, Build 395
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in HP Release Control. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness in implementing access control restrictions to the "updateUserPassword" method. A remote, authenticated but unprivileged user is able to exploit this vulnerability by sending unauthorized requests to the server.

Protection Overview

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

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Release Control Authenticated Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  HP Release Control Authenticated Privilege Escalation