Check Point Advisories

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vertica validateAdminConfig Remote Command Injection (CVE-2016-2002)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0380
Date Published:	24 May 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 25 May, 2016
Source:	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-2002
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HPE Vertica 7.0.x prior to 7.0.2.12 HPE Vertica 7.1.x prior to 7.1.2-12 HPE Vertica 7.2.x prior to 7.2.2-1
Vulnerability Description	A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the Management Console for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vertica. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input sanitation. A remote, unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request. Successful exploitation would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands in the underlying system as root privileges.

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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vertica validateAdminConfig Remote Command Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vertica validateAdminConfig Remote Command Injection