HP OpenView Operations A.07.50 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HP OpenView Operations A.07.50. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HP OpenView. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3872. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP OpenView Operations A.07.50 (Network Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HP OpenView. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Shared Trace Service (OVTrace) service for HP OpenView Operations A.07.50 for Windows, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain crafted requests.

The bug was discovered 08/07/2007. The weakness was shared 08/09/2007 by Cody Pierce with TippingPoint (Website). The advisory is shared for download at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3872 since 07/18/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29971 (HP-UX PHSS_37397 : HP OpenView Operations (OVO) Agents Running Shared Trace Service, Remote Arbitrary Code Execution (HPSBMA02239 SSRT061260 rev.3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5837.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35928), Tenable (29971), SecurityFocus (BID 25255†), OSVDB (39527†) and Secunia (SA26394†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 29971
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHSS_37397 : HP OpenView Operations (OVO) Agents Running Shared Trace Service, Remote Arbitrary Code Execution (HPSBMA02239 SSRT061260 rev.3)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/openview_ovtrace
Saint Name: HP OpenView Operations OVTrace buffer overflow

MetaSploit ID: hp_ovtrace.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP OpenView Operations OVTrace Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Cody Pierce
Organization: TippingPoint
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38264

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X-Force: 35928
SecurityFocus: 25255 - Hewlett-Packard OpenView OVTrace Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26394
OSVDB: 39527 - Multiple HP OpenView OVTrace buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018548
Vulnerability Center: 15917 - HP OpenView Operations Shared Trace Service Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2841

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/24/2019 10:01
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (96), 07/24/2019 10:01 (6)
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