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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Source Header Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory:	SA22222	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-10-02
Last Update:	2006-10-05
Popularity:	13,223 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.x McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-5156

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in McAfee ProtectionPilot and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of long source headers. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and potentially allows to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted request to a vulnerable system. The vulnerability has been reported in McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.1.0 and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5.0. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Apply patches. McAfee ProtectionPilot: http://download.nai.com/products/patches/protectionpilot/v1.1.1/PRP1113.zip McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator: http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v3.5/EPO3506.zip Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Mati Aharoni and Moti Joseph. Changelog: 2006-10-05: Added US-CERT reference. Original Advisory: http://download.nai.com/products/patches/protectionpilot/v1.1.1/PRP1113.txt http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v3.5/EPO3506.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#842452: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842452

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