Advisory Details

February 11th, 2013

Hewlett-Packard LeftHand Virtual SAN Appliance Password Hash Disclosure Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-13-017
ZDI-CAN-1468

CVE ID CVE-2012-3282
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS LeftHand Virtual SAN
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of HP LeftHand Virtual SAN Appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The flaw exists within the hydra component which listens by default on TCP port 13841. The hydra daemon is responsible for management remote operations such as user creation, snapshots, etc. A client communicating directly with this service can supply a request to the server that yields a response with user credentials including hashed passwords to be disclosed. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process.

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-c03661318
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-12-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-02-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT e6af8de8b1d4b2b6d5ba2610cbf9cd38
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