ZDI-09-024: Safenet SoftRemote IKE Service Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-024 June 1, 2009 -- Affected Vendors: Safenet -- Affected Products: Safenet SoftRemote -- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection: TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 6801. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit: http://www.tippingpoint.com -- Vulnerability Details: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Safenet Softremote IKE VPN service. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists in the ireIke.exe service listening on UDP port 62514. The process does not adequately handle long requests resulting in a stack overflow. Exploitation can result in complete system compromise under the SYSTEM credentials. -- Vendor Response: Safenet states: The issue has been fixed in our release version 10.8.6, customers are advised to upgrade to this version. -- Disclosure Timeline: 2008-10-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2009-06-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory -- Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by: * Ruben Santamarta -- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI): Established by TippingPoint, The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) represents a best-of-breed model for rewarding security researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities. Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research through the ZDI can find more information and sign-up at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com The ZDI is unique in how the acquired vulnerability information is used. TippingPoint does not re-sell the vulnerability details or any exploit code. Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor, TippingPoint provides its customers with zero day protection through its intrusion prevention technology. Explicit details regarding the specifics of the vulnerability are not exposed to any parties until an official vendor patch is publicly available. Furthermore, with the altruistic aim of helping to secure a broader user base, TippingPoint provides this vulnerability information confidentially to security vendors (including competitors) who have a vulnerability protection or mitigation product. Our vulnerability disclosure policy is available online at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/disclosure_policy/