Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2011-4722

Source

Potential Security Impact:

Remote read access to arbitrary files.

Source: HP, HP Product Security Response Team (PSRT)

Reported By: Thomas Sundell, Uppsala University

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP Server 1.0.0.24 in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Filename field of an RRQ operation.

Reference Number

CVE-2011-4722
PSR-2015-0273

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

HP Device Manager 4.7 and all previous releases, including major releases, minor releases, and service packs

*ONLY impacted versions are listed.

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics

Reference	Base Vector	Base Score
CVE-2011-4722	(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)	7.8

Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN2008002.

RESOLUTION

To determine if your version of HP Device Manager is impacted:

Open File Explorer and go to the directory <HPDMInstallPath>\HP Device Manager\Gateway\PxeServer.
Right click the file PXEService.exe and select Menu Item Properties.
Select the Details tab and check if File version or Product version has any version information.
If there is no version information, the PXEService.exe file includes the vulnerability CVE-2011-4722 as mentioned above.

HP has made the following product updates available for the impacted products.

To fix this vulnerability, choose ONE of the following resolution methods:

Resolution 1 - Upgrade HP Device Manager to version 4.7 Service Pack 1 or higher. In these versions, the vulnerability has been fixed.
Resolution 2 – If you prefer not to upgrade HP Device Manager to version 4.7 or higher, use an updated PXEService.exe provided by the HP Device Manager team by following the steps below.
1. Download PXEService.zip to a temporary folder.
2. Unzip PXEService.zip to get the PXEService.exe file.
3. Go to Windows Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
4. Stop the HPDM PXEService service, if this service has started.
5. Open File Explorer and go to the directory <HPDMInstallPath>\HP Device Manager\Gateway\PxeServer.
6. Copy the decompressed PXEService.exe file to this folder to overwrite the old PXEService.exe file.
7. Start the " HPDM PXEService" in Windows Services.

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PI	HP Printing and Imaging
HF	HP Hardware and Firmware
GN	HP General Software

It is strongly recommended that security related information being communicated to HP be encrypted using PGP, especially exploit information.

To get the security-alert PGP key, please send an e-mail message as follows:

To: hp-security-alert@hp.com

Subject: get key

System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to maintain system integrity. HP is continually reviewing and enhancing the security features of software products to provide customers with current secure solutions.

"HP is broadly distributing this Security Bulletin in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected HP products the important security information contained in this Bulletin.HP recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action.HP does not warrant that this information is necessarily accurate or complete for all user situations and, consequently, HP will not be responsible for any damages resulting from user's use or disregard of the information provided in this Bulletin.To the extent permitted by law, HP disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement."

REVISION HISTORY : Version:1 (rev.1) 21 March 2016 Initial release; Version:2 (rev.2) - 18 July 2017 Updated link in the first step of Resolution 2 and updated boilerplate reuse text.

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION- SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBGN3547 rev.2 - HP Device Manager, Remote Read Access to Arbitrary Files

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