Advisory Details

November 7th, 2011

HP Data Protector Notebook Extension Policy Server LogBackupLocationStatus Remote SQL Injection Vulnerabilty

CVE ID	CVE-2011-3161
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Data Protector
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11812']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of HP Data Protector Notebook Extension. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The flaw exists within the dpnepolicyservice component which exposes a DPNECentral Web Service on TCP port 80. This service contains a method LogBackupLocationStatus which does not properly validate or sanitize the backupLocationStatus field of a user supplied request. This value is later used when constructing a query fulfill provided request. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary queries under the context of the service.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03058866
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-06-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-11-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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