HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring up to 4.4 doubletake.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring up to 4.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file doubletake.exe. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-1661. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring up to 4.4. Affected is some unknown processing of the file doubletake.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in DoubleTake.exe in HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (SWSM) before 4.5 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encoded authentication request.

The weakness was released 06/04/2008 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1661 since 04/03/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/08/2017).

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 4.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6051.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42810), Secunia (SA30502†), SecurityTracker (ID 1020157†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40872†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Highly functional

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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_swsm_doubletake_auth
Saint Name: HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring DoubleTake.exe encoded authentication overflow

MetaSploit ID: doubletake.rb
MetaSploit Name: DoubleTake/HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Service Authentication Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: StorageWorks Storage Mirroring 4.5
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03/16/2015 +586 days 🔍
05/08/2017 +784 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1661 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1661
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42636
X-Force: 42810
Secunia: 30502 - HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1020157 - HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 40872 - HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (SWSM) < 4.5 SP2 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in DoubleTake.exe Allows Remote Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-1723

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/08/2017 08:43
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (68), 05/08/2017 08:43 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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