Layered Defense Advisory: Format String Vuln in CA eTrust
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Layered Defense Advisory 27 June 2006
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1) Affected Software
Computer Associates: eTrust Antivirus 8.0
Computer Associates: eTrust PestPatrol 8.0
Computer Associates: Integrated Threat Management 8.0
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2) Severity
Rating: Medium risk
Impact: Execution of arbitrary code, rights escalation and at a minimum, denial
of service.
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3) Description of Vulnerability
A format string vulnerability was discovered within etrust Antivirus 8.0. The
vulnerability is due to improper processing of format strings within the scan
job description field. An attacker could create a scan job containing special
crafted format strings that could potential lead to execution of arbitrary
code, rights escalation and at a minimum denial of service.
Other effected software identified by vendor:
Computer Associates: eTrust PestPatrol 8.0
Computer Associates: Integrated Threat Management 8.0
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4) Solution
This vulnerability is addressed by vendor in Content
Update build 432.
Client GUI Vulnerability Content Update - build 432
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/eitm/infodocs/etrustitmvuln-contentupdate.asp
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5) Time Table
05/04/2006 ? Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
06/27/2006 ? Vulnerability fixed & public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com
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7) References
CAID: 34325
CAID Advisory link:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34325
CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-3223 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3223
OSVDB Reference:
OSVDB-26654 http://osvdb.org/26654
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9) About Layered Defense
Layered Defense, Is a group of security professionals that work together on
ethical Research, Testing and Training within the information security arena.
http://www.layereddefense.com
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