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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator "logDetail()" Format String Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 14 Mar 2008 4504 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "logDetail()" [applib.dll] and "_naimcomn_Log()" [nailog2.dll] function when logging user-supplied requests sent to port 8082/UDP, which could be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted request containing a malformed "sender" field.


Impact

  • Denial of Service
  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator version 4.0 and prior

Solutions

There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.

Temporary Solution: Restrict network access to the service.


Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

Source


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