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Security Advisory – SafeNet SoftRemote Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

 

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Sense of Security – Security Advisory – SOS-09-008

Release Date.  30-Oct-2009
Last Update.  30-Oct-2009
Vendor Notification Date. 20-Jul-2009
Product. SafeNet SoftRemote
Platform. Windows
Affected versions. 10.8.5 (Build 2), 10.3.5 (Build 6) verified and possibly others.
  Other vendors which have OEM’d the client.
Severity Rating. High
Impact. System access
Attack Vector. Local
Solution Status. Fixed in 10.8.9 (unverified)
CVE reference. CVE-2009-3861

 

Details.

SafeNet SoftRemote is an IPsec VPN client that sets up a secure channel for data transport. The application is a popular VPN client which has been OEM’d by many other companies. As a result this vulnerability affects a number of products and vendors.

SafeNet SoftRemote is vulnerable to a local stack based buffer overflow which can lead to the compromise of a vulnerable system.

 

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing certain sections of spd (policy) files. Passing an overly long string to either “TREENAME” or “GROUPNAME” will trigger the overflow. Successful exploitation results in the execution of arbitrary code.

 

Solution.

Fixed in 10.8.9 (unverified).

 

Discovered by.

Brett Gervasoni from SOS Labs.

 

A video demonstrating the exploitation of this vulnerability has been created.