CVE-2008-1842

Public Exploit

Description

Integer signedness error in ovspmd.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 8.01, and 7.53 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 8886 that begins with a certain negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 33.78% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/closedview-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121321155405849&w=2 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41737 vdb entry
http://aluigi.org/poc/closedview.zip exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1159 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28689 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29713 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493781/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019821 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1842?
CVE-2008-1842 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1842?
To fix CVE-2008-1842, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1842 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1842 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~34% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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