Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-4182

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP Web Jetadmin. The vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely to gain unauthorized access to data or to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

Source

Potential Security Impact:

Remote unauthorized access to data, Denial of Service (DoS)

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY

Reference Number

CVE-2009-4182

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

HP Web Jetadmin v10.2 and subsequent

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics

Reference	Base Vector	Base Score
CVE-2009-4182	(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)	9.0

Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.

HP Web Jetadmin requires the use of an SQL database. Starting with HP Web Jetadmin v10.2 a remote SQL Server can be configured.

The remote SQL Server is not authenticated.
Most data exchanged with a remote SQL Server are not encrypted.

note:
Stored device and user credentials with the exception of the database login credentials are encrypted. The database login credentials are obfuscated to prevent casual inspection, but they are not encrypted.

RESOLUTION

If HP Web Jetadmin is used on an untrusted network, the vulnerabilities can be avoided by using an SQL Server on the HP Web Jetadmin system. In that configuration data exchanged between HP Web Jetadmin and the SQL Server are not transmitted on the network. More information is available in the manual Using Microsoft SQL Server with HP Web Jetadmin (in English).

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REVISION HISTORY : Version:1 (rev.1) - 13 January 2010 Initial release; Version:2 (rev.2) - 21 July 2017 Updated the Note element, replaced the URL, and updated boilerplate reuse text.

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION- SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBPI02500 SSRT090263 rev.2 - HP Web Jetadmin, Remote Unauthorized Access to Data, Denial of Service (DoS)

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