Following considerable investigations by the HP Team responsible for the CIM Agents component in Compaq Insight Manager, it has been agreed that this is not an issue with CIM, and I am happy to state that this bugtraq post, regarding ftp over CIM, should be withdrawn.
A combination of testing architecture, and the ability of Internet Explorer to ignore any specific proxy settings entered in Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > Proxy server if a connection cannot be made, and to then attempt to connect to the target over the local LAN, caused a false-positive result. The post on http proxying is still valid. All old, vulnerable versions of CIM should be patched for the http proxy vulnerability, following the recommendations from Compaq, or more preferably, updated for a far more secure version of CIM. All recent versions of CIM are not vulnerable to this issue. Many thanks to Chris Hibbard and the IM7 QA team for their efforts in resolving this issue. If anyone wants more information about this, feel free to drop me a line. -----Original Message----- From: Brewis, Mark Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:40 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Compaq Insight Manager - related to Bugtraq ID 2500 Another one out of the back catalogue, seen again today. Version: Compaq Insight Manager Version 5.0 or below Issue: The Proxy vulnerability identified in Bugtraq ID 2500, and the patch produced by Compaq for that vuln. does not prevent ftp proxying. On a host denying http proxying, it is possible to ftp over http to a third party host, using CIM as the proxy. You can't put or get (probably because there isn't an ftp server on CIM to buffer the transfer), but you can browse, allowing for a targeted attack. Again, I talked to Compaq about this over a year ago, and they appeared to work on the principle that the problem went away in the newest version of CIM. I'd forgotten about it until today, when I saw a CIM/CMA installation again. Advice - keep upgrading and patching, or stop using CIM. Mark Brewis Security Consultant EDS Information Assurance Group Wavendon Tower Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK17 8LX. Tel: +44 (0)1908 28 4234/4013 Fax: +44 (0)1908 28 4393 E@: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this mail is strictly prohibited. Precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but you must carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. No liability can be accepted for any loss or damage caused by software viruses.
