McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8316

Info

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8316
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0149
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 31 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Andreas Junestam <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5 SP1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent has been reported prone to a heap overflow vulnerability when processing POST requests of excessive length.

The vulnerability presents itself, likely due to a lack of sufficient bounds checking performed on POST requests received by the agent. It has been reported that a remote attacker may lever this condition to supply and execute arbitrary instructions.

Exploit / POC

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix to address this issue:


McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5 SP1

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1

References

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent POST Request Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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