Multiple Vendor XFERWAN.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:24002

Info

Multiple Vendor XFERWAN.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24002
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1173
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 16 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 01 2007 03:56PM
Credit: Secunia Research discovered these issues.
Vulnerable: Symantec Discovery 6.5
Numara Numara Asset Manager 8.0
Centennial UK Ltd Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Vendor XFERWAN.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Multiple Vendor products are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in 'XFERWAN.EXE'.

The vulnerability arises in the 'CentennialIPTransferServer' service when handling strings in TCP packets.

A remote attacker may trigger a denial-of-service condition or may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This may facilitate a complete compromise of affected systems.

The following versions are reported vulnerable:

Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1
Symantec Discovery 6.5
Numara Asset Manager 8.0

Earlier versions of each application may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor XFERWAN.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor XFERWAN.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Centennial has released a patch that addresses this issue. The fix is available in the Centennial Customer Zone support site. Please see the vendor references for more information.

References

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