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>> HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Backup Agents Command Execution Vulnerability

Title : HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Backup Agents Command Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3273
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4201
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-08-14


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A vulnerability has been identified in HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a combination of bad authentication mechanisms and input validation errors in the backup agents when communicating with the central backup server (Cell Manager), which could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.

Affected Products

HP OpenView Storage Data Protector version 5.1 and prior
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector version 5.5 and prior

(on HP-UX, AIX, Linux, Windows, and Solaris).

Solution

Apply patches :
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00742778

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3273
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060811-00547.pdf?lang=en

Credits

Vulnerability reported by NISCC

ChangeLog

2006-08-14 : Initial release

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