CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup up to 11.0 large memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup up to 11.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument large leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1018. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup up to 11.0 (Backup Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument large with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the UniversalAgent for Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via an agent request to TCP port 6050 with a large argument before the option field.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1018 since 04/09/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18041 (CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Universal Agent Remote Overflow (QO66526)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38452 (CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 11.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3473.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20054), Tenable (18041), SecurityFocus (BID 13102†), OSVDB (15471†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7609†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 18041
Nessus Name: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Universal Agent Remote Overflow (QO66526)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/brightstor_arcserve_universal_agent
Saint Name: BrightStor ARCserve Universal Agent buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: universal_agent.rb
MetaSploit Name: CA BrightStor Universal Agent Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.1
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04/09/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24797
X-Force: 20054
SecurityFocus: 13102 - Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15471 - Computer Associates - BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent - Remote Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7609 - Buffer Overflow in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/04/2025 18:33
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (84), 05/31/2019 14:30 (4), 07/04/2025 18:33 (20)
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