ZDI-09-094: Hewlett-Packard OpenView NNM Multiple Command Injection Vulnerabilities
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-094
December 9, 2009

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2009-3845

-- Affected Vendors:
Hewlett-Packard

-- Affected Products:
Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager

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-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard's Network Node Manager.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaws exist within Perl CGI executables distributed with
Network Node Manager (NNM). Several of these applications fail to
sanitize the hostname HTTP variable when requests are made to the NNM
HTTP server which listens by default on TCP port 3443. By supplying a
pipe operator a malicious attacker can insert arbitrary commands that
will be executed on the remote server. 

-- Vendor Response:
Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01950877

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2009-03-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2009-12-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
    * Anonymous

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