Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 'tvtumon.sys' Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31737
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4589
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 13 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:22PM
Credit:	Chris Clark and Rachel Engel
Vulnerable:	Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 4.20
Not Vulnerable:	Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 4.21

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 'tvtumon.sys' Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery is prone to a heap-based overflow vulnerability.

A successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow a local attacker to completely compromise the affected computer.

Lenovo Rescue and Recover 4.20 is vulnerable.

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 'tvtumon.sys' Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 'tvtumon.sys' Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes; please see the references for more information.


Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 4.20

• Lenovo z633_setup_rnr42_015c.exe
  For Windows Vista
  http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/license.do?filename=thinkva ntage_en/z633_setup_rnr42_015c.exe


• Lenovo z652_setup_rnr42_016c.exe
  For Windows 2000 and XP
  http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/license.do?filename=thinkva ntage_en/z652_setup_rnr42_016c.exe

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 'tvtumon.sys' Heap Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• Rescue and Recovery Homepage (Lenovo)
  
• iSEC Partners Security Advisory - 2008-002-lenovornr - Lenovo (Chris Clark )
  
• Update available for vulnerability in version 4.20 of Lenovo Rescue and Recovery (Lenovo)