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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP POST Request Handling Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11471
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Release Date:
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2004-04-23
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Last Update:
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2004-05-11
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.x McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0038 (Secunia mirror)
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Description: ISS X-Force has discovered a vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the spipe/file handler when processing HTTP POST requests. This can be exploited to create files with arbitrary content on a vulnerable server via a specially crafted POST request and push it out to clients.
Successful exploitation may grant Administrator access to a vulnerable server and potentially also allow access to agent system.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Apply patches.
Patch 4 for version 3.0 Service Pack 2a:
http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v3.0/EPO3024.ZIP
Patch 14 for version 2.5.1:
http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v2.x/EPO25114.zip
Provided and/or discovered by: Ben Layer, ISS X-Force.
Changelog: 2004-05-11: Added more detailed information from ISS X-Force.
Original Advisory: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/173
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4. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot ActiveX Control Buffer Overflows
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5. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Source Header Buffer Overflow
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6. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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7. ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Insecure Directory Permissions
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8. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Invalid "Content-Length:" Denial of Service
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9. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Multiple Vulnerabilities
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10. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Format String Vulnerability
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