Advisory Details

August 23rd, 2011

EMC Autostart Domain Name Logging Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-273
ZDI-CAN-1078

CVE ID CVE-2011-2735
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS EMC
AFFECTED PRODUCTS AutoStart
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11452']. 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 EMC AutoStart High Availability. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the packet error handling of the application. When building an error message to log an error, the application will use a user-supplied string from the packet as an argument to a function containing a format string. The result of this function is written to a statically sized buffer located on the stack. This will lead to code execution under the context of the service.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS EMC has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519371
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-01-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-08-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Sebastian Apelt (www.siberas.de)
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