35245 : CA Anti-Virus Engine CAB Header Parsing Overflow
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Timeline
Discovery Date Vendor Informed Date Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date Vendor Solution Date
2006-11-08 2007-02-16 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 2007-06-05
Time to Patch Time to Exploit
109 days 209 days

Description

A buffer overflow exists in multiple CA products. The Anti-Virus engine fails to validate CAB files resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted CAB file containing a malformed "coffFiles" field, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, CA has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
CA
Watch-list
Anti-Virus
Watch-list
 2007 (v8)
2007 (v8)
eTrust EZ Antivirus
Watch-list
 r7
r7
R6.1
R6.1
BrightStor ARCserve Backup
Watch-list
 r11.5
r11.5
r11.1
r11.1
r11 for Windows
r11 for Windows
r10.5
r10.5
v9.01
v9.01
Internet Security Suite
Watch-list
 2007 (v3)
2007 (v3)
Anti-Virus for the Enterprise
Watch-list
 r8
r8
R8.1
R8.1
eTrust Internet Security Suite
Watch-list
 R1
R1
r2
r2
eTrust EZ Armor
Watch-list
 R1
R1
r2
r2
r3.x
r3.x
Threat Manager for the Enterprise
Watch-list
 r8
r8
Protection Suites
Watch-list
 r2
r2
R3
R3
Secure Content Manager
Watch-list
 8.0
8.0
Anti-Virus Gateway
Watch-list
 7.1
7.1
Unicenter Network and Systems Management
Watch-list
 r3.0
r3.0
r3.1
r3.1
r11
r11
r11.1
r11.1
Common Services
Watch-list
 Unknown or Unspecified
Unknown or Unspecified
Anti-Virus SDK
Watch-list
 Unknown or Unspecified
Unknown or Unspecified

References

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-06-07 | Disagree?

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