McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Framework Services Log Handling Format String Vulnerability
Publish date: February 10, 2011
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-1357
Advisory Date: FEB 10, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002092
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002092 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Framework Services Log Handling Format String Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- McAfee Agent 4.0
- McAfee CMA 3.0.6.453
- McAfee CMA 3.5.5.438
- McAfee CMA 3.6.438
- McAfee CMA 3.6.453
- McAfee CMA 3.6.546
- McAfee CMA 3.6.574
- McAfee McAfee Framework 3.6.569
- McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0
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