HP.Data.Protector.Media.Operations.Memory.Corruption

Release Date Nov 24, 2011
Severity high
Impact System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Memory Corruption vulnerability in HP Data Protector Media Operations. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitizing of user supplied inputs in the application. As a result, a remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application or possibly cause a denial of service condition.
Affected Products HP Data Protector Media Operations 6.20 and earlier versions.
Recommended Actions Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.
Coverage IPS VCM
Reference/s http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/hpdpmedia_2-adv.txt http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/76842 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50558 (BugTraq)

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