Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in HP OpenView Performance Agent, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
HP OpenView Performance Agent DynaZip Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34659
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34659/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP OpenView Performance Agent,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in the included
DynaZip library.
For more information:
SA21180
The vulnerability is reported in HP OpenView Performance Agent
version C.04.60, C.04.70, and C.04.72 running on Windows.
SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends contacting HP Services support and requesting
the Performance Agent Hotfix: "Migrate away from the 3.0.0.15 version
of DynaZip library."
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBMA02396 SSRT080175:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01622011
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21180:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21180/
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