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[security bulletin] HPSBGN02410 SSRT080135 rev.1 - HP Virtual Rooms Client Running on Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code



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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c01678405
Version: 1

HPSBGN02410 SSRT080135 rev.1 - HP Virtual Rooms Client 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: 2009-02-24
Last Updated: 2009-02-24

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 Virtual Rooms 
client running on Windows. The vulnerability could be exploited to allow remote 
execution of arbitrary code. 

References: CVE-2009-0208

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP Virtual Rooms client v7.0 and earlier running on Windows

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics 
===============================================
Reference                         Base Vector               Base Score 
CVE-2009-0208     (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)      7.5
===============================================
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.
 
The Hewlett-Packard Company thanks Will Dormann of CERT/CC for reporting this 
vulnerability to security-alert@xxxxxx

RESOLUTION

HP has provided HP Virtual Rooms client v7.0.1 or later to resolve this 
vulnerability. The upgrade is available from:

https://www.rooms.hp.com 

HP Virtual Rooms client v7.0.1 can be installed by using the "Test your setup" 
link at https://www.rooms.hp.com . Select "Test your setup" from the right 
navigation bar and follow the instructions. 

Note: Installing this new release will also apply the Windows registry ?kill 
bit? for CLSID {00000032-9593-4264-8B29-930B3E4EDCCD}. The kill bit is 
explained in Microsoft article KB240797 or subsequent. 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797 . 

To completely remove HP Virtual rooms (HPVR) from your system: 
Use the HPVR cleaner to remove HP Virtual Rooms from your system. The HPVR 
Cleaner will remove all HPVR executables and clear all registry entries ? 
without the need to install the new version. Follow the instructions under 
"Removing HPVR components" here: https://www.rooms.hp.com/resources/ . 

PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
None 

HISTORY 
Version:1 (rev.1) - 24 February 2009 Initial release 

Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be 
installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in 
accordance with the customer's patch management policy. 

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* The Software Product Category that this Security Bulletin relates to is 
represented by the 5th and 6th characters of the Bulletin number in the title: 

GN = HP General SW
MA = HP Management Agents
MI = Misc. 3rd Party SW
MP = HP MPE/iX
NS = HP NonStop Servers
OV = HP OpenVMS
PI = HP Printing & Imaging
ST = HP Storage SW
TL = HP Trusted Linux
TU = HP Tru64 UNIX
UX = HP-UX
VV = HP VirtualVault
 
System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to 
maintain system integrity. HP is continually reviewing and enhancing the 
security features of software products to provide customers with current secure 
solutions.


"HP is broadly distributing this Security Bulletin in order to bring to the 
attention of users of the affected HP products the important security 
information contained in this Bulletin. HP recommends that all users determine 
the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take 
appropriate action. HP does not warrant that this information is necessarily 
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responsible for any damages resulting from user's use or disregard of the 
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