CA eTrust Antivirus up to 8.2 Driver denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in CA eTrust Antivirus up to 8.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-6496. The attacker must have access to the local network to execute the attack. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CA eTrust Antivirus up to 8.2 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2006 by Rubén Santamarta (Website). The advisory is shared at reversemode.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6496 since 12/13/2006. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ca.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30909), SecurityFocus (BID 21593†), OSVDB (30845†), Secunia (SA23378†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017382†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: ca.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: reversemode.com
Researcher: Rubén Santamarta
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6496 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2757
X-Force: 30909 - Computer Associates (CA) Anti-Virus vetfddnt.sys and vetmonnt.sys denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 21593 - Computer Associates Anti-Virus Drivers Multiple Local Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23378 - CA Anti-Virus Drivers Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Not Critical
OSVDB: 30845 - CA Anti-Virus Multiple Driver Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017382 - CA Internet Security NULL Buffer Errors in vetfddnt.sys and vetmonnt.sys Drivers Let Local Users Deny Service
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vupen: ADV-2006-5010

Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2006 10:50
Updated: 03/13/2021 17:23
Changes: 12/18/2006 10:50 (74), 06/07/2017 14:55 (1), 03/13/2021 17:23 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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