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SEC-CONSULT Security Advisory < 20090305-1 >
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title: IBM Director CIM Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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program: IBM Director for Windows
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vulnerable version: <= 5.20.3 Service Update 2
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homepage: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/director/
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found: Sept. 2008
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by: Bernhard Mueller / SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
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permanent link:
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http://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt
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Product description:
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IBM Director is an application that can track and view system
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configurations of remote computers. It is available for Linux, AIX, and
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Windows servers.
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Vulnerability overview:
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The CIM server contained in the IBM Director suite for Microsoft Windows
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is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack. The vulnerability
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allows an attacker to crash the service remotely. It will not be
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possible to reach the IBM Director agent until the service is manually
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restarted.
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Vulnerability details:
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CIM server crashes on receiving requests that contain overlong consumer
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names. The error condition does not allow for the redirection of program
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flow.
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M-POST /CIMListener/[Ax512] HTTP/1.1
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CIMOperation: MethodCall
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CIMExport: MethodRequest
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CIMExportMethod: ExportIndication
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[some xml]
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Fix:
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The vendor has adressed this vulnerability in service update 2 for IBM
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Director agent 5.20.3. Download link:
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https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8
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vendor status:
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vendor notified: 2008-11-03
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patch available: 2009-03-09
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--
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SEC Consult Unternehmensberatung GmbH
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Office Vienna
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Mooslackengasse 17
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A-1190 Vienna
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Austria
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Tel.: +43 / 1 / 890 30 43 - 0
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Fax.: +43 / 1 / 890 30 43 - 25
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Mail: research at sec-consult dot com
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www.sec-consult.com
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# EOF Bernhard Mueller, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab / @2009
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# milw0rm.com [2009-03-10] |