Advisory Details

June 27th, 2011

Novell File Reporter Engine RECORD Tag Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-227
ZDI-CAN-1250

CVE ID CVE-2011-2220
CVSS SCORE 9.7, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS File Reporter
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11279']. 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 Novell File Reporter Engine. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within NFREngine.exe which communicates with the Agent component over HTTPS on TCP port 3035. When parsing tags inside the <RECORD> element, the application lacks a size check before pushing strings to a memcpy. An attacker can leverage this to corrupt the thread's stack. This vulnerability can result in remote code execution under the context of the SYSTEM account.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=leLxi7tQACs~
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-05-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-06-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT gwslabs.com
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