A vulnerability has been identified in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM), which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in "ovspmd" service when processing specially crafted packets sent to port 8886/TCP, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma.
ChangeLog
2008-04-09 : Initial release
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