EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender up to 5.40 Agent Service aws_tmxn.exe memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender up to 5.40. Affected is an unknown function of the file aws_tmxn.exe of the component Agent Service. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3684. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender up to 5.40 (Content Management System) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file aws_tmxn.exe of the component Agent Service. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in aws_tmxn.exe in the Admin Agent service in the server in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Workflow, possibly 5.40 SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packet data to TCP port 2606.

The weakness was disclosed 10/22/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3684 since 08/14/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/26/2017).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA37070†). The entry VDB-50523 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• EMC

Name

• Documentum ApplicationXtender

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dellemc.com/

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