NEW: web-activex.rules and scada.rules, CVE-2008-1852

This releases introduces scada.rules and web-activex.rules as new rule groups.
SCADA Rules:
 
This group contains rules that pertain to the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) protocol used for computer controlled system monitoring and process control.
 
Web-ActiveX Rules:
 
This group contains rule that were formerly in the web-client.rules group. It has been created to better manage the large number of ActiveX rules now in the VRT certified rule set.
 
HP OpenView Network Node Manager Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-1852):
 
HP OpenView Network Node Manager is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system. The application fails to correctly check the number of user-supplied sub-arguments in a request which then triggers a memory allocation failure.
 
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 15078.