Advisory Details

August 13th, 2013

Hewlett-Packard LoadRunner Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-4799
CVSS SCORE	7.6, AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	LoadRunner
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of HP LoadRunner. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of XDR. The issue lies in the handling of the length of the XDR-encoded data. The length is not properly validated before being used to allocate a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to gain code execution as SYSTEM.
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-c03862772
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-02-15 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-08-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Tenable Network Security

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