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HP OpenView Operations Remote Unauthorized Access and DoS Vulnerability

Number: AV06-034
Date: 14 September 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to a vulnerability identified in HP OpenView Operations.

Assessment

A vulnerability has been identified in HP OpenView Operations, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the embedded Apache web server that does not properly handle malformed chunk-encoded HTTP requests.

This vulnerability affects the following versions of HP OpenView Operations:

• HP OpenView Operations 7.1
• HP OpenView Operations 8.0
• HP OpenView Operations 8.1
• HP OpenView Operations for Windows a.07.21
• HP OpenView Operations for Windows a.07.20
• HP OpenView Operations for Windows a.07.10
• HP OpenView Operations for Windows a.07.00

Suggested action

PSEPC recommends that administrators test and apply recommended fixes. For more information and instructions, please refer to:

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00767033

Note to readers

Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) collects information related to cyber threats to, and incidents involving, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows us to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products. To report threats or incidents, please contact the Government Operations Centre (GOC) at (613) 991-7000 or goc-cog@psepc.gc.ca by e-mail.

Unauthorized use of computer systems and mischief in relation to data are serious Criminal Code offences in Canada. Any suspected criminal activity should be reported to local law enforcement organizations. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Operations Centre (N.O.C.) provides a 24/7 service to receive such reports or to redirect callers to local law enforcement organizations. The N.O.C. can be reached at (613) 993-4460. National security concerns should be reported to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) at (613) 993-9620.

For urgent matters or to report any incidents, please contact the Government Operations Centre at:

Phone: (613) 991-7000
Fax: (613) 996-0995
Secure Fax: (613) 991-7094
Email: goc-cog@psepc.gc.ca

For general information on critical infrastructure protection and emergency preparedness, please contact PSEPC's Public Affairs division at:

Telephone: (613) 944-4875 or 1-800-830-3118
Fax: (613) 998-9589
E-mail: communications@psepc.gc.ca