LANDesk Landesk Security Suite up to 8.7 qipsrvr.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in LANDesk Landesk Security Suite up to 8.7. The affected element is an unknown function of the file qipsrvr.exe. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2468. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LANDesk Landesk Security Suite up to 8.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file qipsrvr.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in the QIP Server Service (aka qipsrvr.exe) in LANDesk Management Suite, Security Suite, and Server Manager 8.8 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted heal request, related to the StringToMap and StringSize arguments.

The bug was discovered 09/12/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2008 by Aaron Portnoy as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2468 since 05/28/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34243 (LANDesk Multiple Products QIP Server Service (qipsrvr.exe) Heal Request Packet Handling Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115956 (LANDesk Multiple Products Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6411.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45154), Tenable (34243), SecurityFocus (BID 31193†), OSVDB (48123†) and Secunia (SA31888†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34243
Nessus Name: LANDesk Multiple Products QIP Server Service (qipsrvr.exe) Heal Request Packet Handling Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Aaron Portnoy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2468 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44072
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X-Force: 45154
SecurityFocus: 31193 - LANDesk Intel QIP Service 'qipsrvr.exe' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 31888
OSVDB: 48123 - LANDesk - Intel QIP Service - 'qipsrvr.exe' Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020888
Vulnerability Center: 19519 - LANDesk 8.8 and Earlier QIP Server Service Multiple Buffer Overflows Allow remote Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2588

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/29/2025 06:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (72), 08/17/2019 11:46 (12), 12/30/2024 02:04 (16), 05/29/2025 06:11 (2)
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