SB2014102001 - Privilege escalation in HP Operations Agent
Published: October 20, 2014 Updated: February 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014102001
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Insecure library loading (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2630)
The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to the xglance-bin application from HP Operations Agent loads libraries in an insecure manner. A local user can place a specially crafted library into one of the "lib64" folder on the system and execute arbitrary code with root privileges, as the xglance-bin is a SetUID program.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.