HP Enterprise Discovery up to 2.0.1 libxml2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Enterprise Discovery up to 2.0.1 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component libxml2. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-3538. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HP Enterprise Discovery up to 2.0.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component libxml2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP Enterprise Discovery 2.0 through 2.52 on Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: the initial description of this CVE was inadvertently associated with libxml2, but it should be for HP Enterprise Discovery.

The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-3538 since 08/07/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44709), SecurityFocus (BID 30865†), Secunia (SA31616†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020760†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43852
X-Force: 44709
SecurityFocus: 30865 - HP Enterprise Discovery Unspecified Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 31616 - HP Enterprise Discovery Unspecified Privilege Escalation, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1020760
Vupen: ADV-2008-2446

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/02/2017 10:29
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (54), 12/02/2017 10:29 (7)
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