Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Software Update, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information or take complete control of an affected system.

The first issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the HPeDiag ActiveX control when handling malformed data passed to the "GetXmlFromIni()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

The second vulnerability is caused by a design error in various controls that do not restrict access to certain methods, which could be exploited by attackers to e.g. gain unauthorized read access to arbitrary files and registery keys via a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

HP Software Update version 4.000.009.002 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to HP Software Update version 4.000.010.008.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1356
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01439758
http://vuln.sg/hpupdate302991-en.html

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Chew Keong TAN.

ChangeLog

2008-04-25 : Initial release

Vulnerability Management

Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time alerts when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.

Feedback

If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form.