====================================================================== Secunia Research 28/04/2009 - HP OpenView Network Node Manager "ovalarmsrv" Integer Overflow - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * HP Network Node Manager 7.53 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: System compromise Where: Local network ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "This software provides a vast amount of automation, including event correlation and automated monitoring of your network to improve the efficiency and productivity of your IT staff." Product Link: http://www.openview.hp.com/products/nnm/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in HP OpenView Network Node Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow in ovalarmsrv.exe and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via specially crafted commands sent to port 2954/TCP. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Apply patches. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 08/09/2008 - Vendor notified. 08/09/2008 - Vendor response. 09/10/2008 - Status update requested. 17/10/2008 - Vendor provides status update. 31/03/2009 - Status update requested. 07/04/2009 - Vendor provides status update. 20/04/2009 - Vendor provides status update. 28/04/2009 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2008-2438 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-38/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================