Advisory Details

June 3rd, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise LoadRunner Shared Memory Name Construction Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-4359
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	LoadRunner
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['23800']. 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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise LoadRunner. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within mchan.dll when constructing a shared memory file name. The issue lies in the failure to validate the size of a user-supplied string prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05157423
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-01-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-06-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Tenable Network Security

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