CA eTrust Intrusion Detection 3.x Key Length heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in CA eTrust Intrusion Detection 3.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Key Length Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-1005. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA eTrust Intrusion Detection 3.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Key Length Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in SW3eng.exe in the eID Engine service in CA (formerly Computer Associates) eTrust Intrusion Detection 3.0.5.57 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long key length value to the remote administration port (9191/tcp).

The bug was discovered 02/27/2007. The weakness was published 02/28/2007 with iDefense (Website). The advisory is shared at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1005 since 02/19/2007. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24733 (CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System Key Exchange Remote DoS), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at supportconnectw.ca.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 11185. In this case the pattern |01 06 00 00 00| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8963.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32718), Tenable (24733), SecurityFocus (BID 22743†), OSVDB (32290†) and Secunia (SA24309†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24733
Nessus Name: CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System Key Exchange Remote DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: supportconnectw.ca.com

Snort ID: 11185
Snort Message: DOS CA eTrust key handling dos -- username
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Organization: iDefense
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1005 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1005
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2965
X-Force: 32718
SecurityFocus: 22743 - CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System Key Exchange Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24309 - CA eTrust Intrusion Detection Key Length Value Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 32290 - CA eTrust Intrusion Detection SW3eng.exe Key Length Value Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017706
Vulnerability Center: 14521 - CA eTrust Intrusion Detection Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0776

Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2007 11:27
Updated: 07/16/2019 09:39
Changes: 03/01/2007 11:27 (97), 07/16/2019 09:39 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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