Buffer Overflow in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite (CVE-2016-3147)
Summary
Vulnerability in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite (CVE-2016-3147). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Buffer overflow in the collector.exe listener of the Landesk Management Suite 10.0.0.271 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large packet.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-3147 has been found in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ivanti Landesk Management Suite CVE-2016-3147" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-3147 (Ivanti Landesk Management Suite) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ivanti Landesk Management Suite.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Ivanti Landesk Management Suite を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securifera.com