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:
https://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
https://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
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4620
OSVDB References: Pending
https://osvdb.org/

Changelog for this advisory:
v1.0 - Initial Release

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

For technical questions or comments related to this advisory, 
please send email to vuln AT ca DOT com.

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findings to vuln AT ca DOT com, or utilize our "Submit a 
Vulnerability" form. 
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Regards,
Ken Williams ; 0xE2941985
Director, CA Vulnerability Research

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