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Sid
15078

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in openview_network_node_manager.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
ovalarmsrv in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.51, 7.53, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain requests that specify a large number of sub-arguments, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference due to memory allocation failure.

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Affected Systems:
hp openview_network_node_manager 7.51
hp openview_network_node_manager 7.53

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-1852:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-1852

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