CVE-2012-5520

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenVAS Manager versions prior to 3.0.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via specific fields in an OMP request. This is due to a problem in the send to sourcefire function in manage sql.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.4, update to version 3.0.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the send to sourcefire function until a patch is available.