Novell NetIQ Sentinel: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2016.2436
        Novell NetIQ Sentinel Commons DiskFileItem Deserialization
           of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
                              18 October 2016

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Novell NetIQ Sentinel
Publisher:         Novell
Operating System:  UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                   Windows
                   Virtualisation
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-1000031  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-570/

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Novell NetIQ Sentinel Commons DiskFileItem Deserialization of Untrusted Data 
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-570: October 17th, 2016
CVE ID

    CVE-2016-1000031 

CVSS Score

    7.5, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) 

Affected Vendors

    Novell

Affected Products

    NetIQ Sentinel

TippingPoint IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital
Vaccine protection filter ID 30608. For further product information on the 
TippingPoint IPS:

    http://www.tippingpoint.com 

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on 
vulnerable installations of Novell NetIQ Sentinel. Authentication is not 
required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the insufficient blacklisting of certain Java 
objects. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate user-supplied data
which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current 
process.

Vendor Response
Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be 
found at:

    https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7018113 

Disclosure Timeline

    2016-06-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2016-10-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:

    Jacob Baines
    Tenable Network Security

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