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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2009.1537
        HP Discovery & Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI) Running
              on Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code
                             17 November 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:          HP Discovery & Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI)
Publisher:        Hewlett-Packard
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access:    Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Resolution:       Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:        CVE-2009-3841  

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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c01861595

Version: 1
HPSBMA02456 SSRT090188 rev.1 - HP Discovery & Dependency Mapping Inventory 
(DDMI) Running on Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon 
as possible.

Release Date: 2009-11-16

Last Updated: 2009-11-16

Potential Security Impact: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP Discovery & 
Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI) running on Windows. The vulnerability 
could be exploited remotely by an authorized user to execute arbitrary code.

References: CVE-2009-3841

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP Discovery & Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI) v2.5x, v7.5x , v7.60 
running on Windows

BACKGROUND
For a PGP signed version of this security bulletin please write to: 
security-alert@hp.com

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference	Base Vector			Base Score
CVE-2009-3841  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)	9.0

Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.

The Hewlett-Packard Company thanks Damian Frizza of Core Security Technologies 
for reporting this vulnerability to security-alert@hp.com.

RESOLUTION
HP has made the following software patches available to resolve the 
vulnerability.
The patches can be downloaded from http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/patches

HP Discovery & Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI)	Patch Number
v2.5x							HPED_00356
v7.5x							HPED_00357
v7.60							HPED_00358


PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
None

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 16 November 2009 Initial release

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accordance with the customer's patch management policy.

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