ZDI-10-194: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment TCP to ODBC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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ZDI-10-194: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment TCP to ODBC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-194
October 8, 2010

-- CVSS:
10, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

-- Affected Vendors:
IBM

-- Affected Products:
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 10516.
For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

    http://www.tippingpoint.com

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL
queries on vulnerable installations of Tivoli Provisioning Manager.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the TCP to ODBC gateway component which
listens by default on TCP port 2020. Authentication is not required to
issue SQL queries to the service. A remote attacker can abuse this to
read, modify, or create records within the database.

-- Vendor Response:
IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.tivoli.tpm.osd.doc%2Finstall%2Ftosd_setmsacessdbpwd.html

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2010-07-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-10-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
    * AbdulAziz Hariri

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