[NEWS] Novell ZENworks Asset Management msg.dll Heap Overflow

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  Novell ZENworks Asset Management msg.dll Heap Overflow
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SUMMARY

Novell Inc's  <http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/> ZENworks is a set 
of tools used to automate IT management and business processes across the 
various computing resources within an organization. The Task Server and 
Collection server daemons provide functionality to manage a distributed 
network of machines. These daemons will typically only be running on the 
machine that is being used to manage assets.

Remote exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability in Novell Inc.'s 
ZENworks Asset Management could potentially allow an attacker to execute 
arbitrary code with the privileges of the administrator.

DETAILS

A heap overflow may occur when processing specially crafted packets sent 
to the Task Server or Collection Server daemons. This problem specifically 
exists due to an integer overflow when allocating memory for remotely 
supplied data.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote 
attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

While researching this vulnerability, iDefense Labs found that the Task 
Server and Collection Server components were both affected. Additionally, 
the Collection Client is statically linked with this library. Information 
on the vulnerability as it relates to the Collection Client can be found 
in a separate advisory.

Vendor Status:
Novell's ZENworks team has addressed this vulnerability within ZENworks 7 
Asset Management SP1 IR11.
More information can be found by visiting  
<http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974824.htm> 
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974824.htm

Disclosure Timeline:
 * 10/16/2006 - Initial vendor notification
 * 10/19/2006 - Initial vendor response
 * 12/01/2006 - Coordinated public disclosure


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by iDefense.
The original article can be found at:
 
<http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=448> 
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=448



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