TIBCO Hawk Monitoring Agent configuration interface buffer overflow
| tibco-hawk-monagent-bo (26938) |  High Risk |
Description:
The TIBCO Hawk Monitoring Agent (tibhawkhma) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the configuration interface. By modifying the configuration of the tibhawkhma application in a malicious way, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges (on Unix-based systems) or with SYSTEM privileges (on Windows systems).
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of TIBCO Hawk (4.6.1 or later), as listed in TIBCO Software Inc. Security Advisory June 5, 2006. See References.
References:
- TIBCO Software Inc. Security Advisory June 5, 2006: TIBCO Hawk vulnerability.
- TIBCO Software Inc. Web site: TIBCO Hawk.
- BID-18300: TIBCO Hawk Configuration Interface Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2829: Buffer overflow in Hawk Monitoring Agent (HMA) for TIBCO Hawk before 4.6.1 and TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) before 5.4 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the configuration for tibhawkhma.
- SA20431: TIBCO Hawk "tibhawkhma" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016223: TIBCO Hawk Monitoring Agent Buffer Overflow May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- US-CERT VU#620516: TIBCO Hawk Monitoring Agent vulnerable to buffer overflow via the configuration interface
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2156: TIBCO Hawk Monitoring Agent Configuration Interface Privilege Escalation Issue
Platforms Affected:
- IBM OS 400
- TIBCO Hawk prior to 4.6.1
- TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) prior to 5.4
Reported:
Jun 05, 2006
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