CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management up to 4.0.51229 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management up to 4.0.51229. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-3653. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management up to 4.0.51229. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iGateway service for various Computer Associates (CA) iTechnology products, in iTechnology iGateway before 4.0.051230, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a negative Content-Length field.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2006. The weakness was presented 01/23/2006 by Erika Mendoza (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www3.ca.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3653 since 11/18/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20805 (CA iTechnology iGateway Service Content-Length Buffer Overflow), 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 38516 (CA (Computer Associates) iTechnology iGateway Service Content-Length Heap Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 4.0.051230 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2278. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8990.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24269), Tenable (20805), SecurityFocus (BID 16354†), OSVDB (22688†) and Secunia (SA18591†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20805
Nessus Name: CA iTechnology iGateway Service Content-Length Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management 4.0.051230

Snort ID: 2278
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP client negative Content-Length attempt
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Suricata ID: 2002791
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: www3.ca.com
Researcher: Erika Mendoza
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27888

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X-Force: 24269
SecurityFocus: 16354 - Computer Associates iTechnology iGateway Service Content-Length Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18591
OSVDB: 22688 - CA iGateway Service Content-Length Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015526
Vulnerability Center: 10219 - CA iGateway Heap Overflow via HTTP Request with Negative Content-Length Field, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-0311

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/29/2025 00:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (83), 06/13/2019 16:35 (8), 06/29/2025 00:44 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:C42:103

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