HP DataDirect OpenAccess GIOP Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

June 6th, 2012
ZDI-12-089 ZDI-CAN-1214

CVE ID

CVE-2011-4164

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard
DataDirect

Affected Products

Database Archiving
SequeLink

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable applications using DataDirect's SequeLink. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within how the application processes GIOP packets. When processing a specific GIOP packet, the application will trust a size field in the packet. The application will use this size in a copy operation into a statically sized buffer which can cause a buffer overflow. This can lead to code execution 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-c03128302

DataDirect 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-c03128302

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2011-06-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2012-06-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

AbdulAziz Hariri

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