Published: April 04 2008, 07:55 AM
by Ken Williams

On April 3rd, 2008 CA published a security notice to address a vulnerability in CA Alert Notification Server.

 

Title: CA Alert Notification Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

CA Advisory Date: 2008-04-03

Reported By: An anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP

Impact: A remote authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.

Summary: CA Alert Notification Server service contains multiple vulnerabilities that can allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. CA has issued updates to address the vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities, CVE-2007-4620, are due to insufficient bounds checking in multiple procedures. A remote authenticated attacker or local user can exploit a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Mitigating Factors: Remote attacker must have legitimate authentication credentials.

Severity: CA has given these vulnerabilities a maximum risk rating of High.

Affected Products:
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1
CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Integrated Threat Management) r8
CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Integrated Threat Management) r8.1
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) r8
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) r8.1
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.1
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11 for Windows

Affected Platforms:
Windows

Status and Recommendation:
CA has provided updates to address the vulnerabilities.
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1, CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8:  QO96079
CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise r8:  QO96387
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8.1, CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise r8.1:  QO96080
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5, BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.1:  QO96079
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.0:  Upgrade to 11.1 and apply the latest patches.

How to determine if you are affected:

For products on Windows:
   1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file "alert.exe". By default, the file is located in the "C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\Alert" directory.
   2. Right click on the file and select Properties.
   3. Select the Version tab.
   4. If the file version is earlier than indicated in the below table, the installation is vulnerable.

Product	File	Version
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8.1	Alert.exe	8.1.586.0
CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise 8.1	Alert.exe	8.1.586.0
CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise r8	Alert.exe	8.0.450.0
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1	Alert.exe	7.1.758.0
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8	Alert.exe	7.1.758.0
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5	Alert.exe	7.1.758.0
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.1	Alert.exe	7.1.758.0

Workaround: None

References (URLs may wrap):
CA Support:
http://support.ca.com/
Security Notice for Alert Notification Server
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=173103
Solution Document Reference APARs:
QO96079, QO96387, QO96080, QO96079
CA Security Response Blog posting:
CA Alert Notification Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/04/04/ca-alert-notification-server-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx
Reported By:
An anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP
CVE References:
CVE-2007-4620
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4620
OSVDB References: Pending
http://osvdb.org/

Changelog for this advisory:
v1.0 - Initial Release

Customers who require additional information should contact CA Technical Support at http://support.ca.com.

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