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>> IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3263
CVE ID : CVE-2002-0843
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-08-11


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A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC), which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the ApacheBench benchmark support program (ab.c), which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable server via an overly long response.

Affected Products

IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) version 3.3.7 and prior

Solution

Apply patch U808917 :
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=2871

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3263
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=2871

Credits

Vulnerability reported by David Wagner

ChangeLog

2006-08-11 : Initial release

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