Check Point Advisories

HPE Network Automation RPCServlet Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2016-8511)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1120
Date Published:	18 Dec 2016
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 26 December, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-8511
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HPE Network Automation 10.20 HPE Network Automation 10.11.01 HPE Network Automation 10.11 HPE Network Automation 10.10 HPE Network Automation 10.00.02 HPE Network Automation 10.00.01 HPE Network Automation 10.00 HPE Network Automation v9.1x HPE Network Automation v9.2x
Vulnerability Description	An insecure deserialization vulnerability has been reported in the RPCServlet of HPE Network Automation. The vulnerability is due to the deserialization of untrusted data. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability sending a request with crafted serialized data to the exposed RPCServlet. Successful exploitation would result in the execution of arbitrary code under the context of the process.

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 HPE Network Automation RPCServlet Insecure Deserialization 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HPE Network Automation RPCServlet Insecure Deserialization