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Openview Network Node Manager 7.53 [Medium]

By Security Team • Nov 18th, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Openview Network Node Manager 7.53 [Medium]

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in ActiveDom.ocx in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via a long string argument to the (1) DisplayName, (2) AddGroup, (3) InstallComponent, or (4) Subscribe method. NOTE: this issue is not a vulnerability in many environments, because the control is not marked as safe for scripting and would not execute with default Internet Explorer settings.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-3977
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: openview_network_node_manager
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