CA Protection Suites up to 9.01 RPC Interface mediasvr.exe stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CA Protection Suites up to 9.01. This impacts an unknown function of the file mediasvr.exe of the component RPC Interface. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5172. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Protection Suites up to 9.01. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file mediasvr.exe of the component RPC Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in Mediasvr.exe in Computer Associates (CA) Brightstor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Protection Suites r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SUNRPC packets, aka the "Mediasvr.exe String Handling Overflow," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5171.

The bug was discovered 01/11/2007. The weakness was published 01/11/2007 by Paul Mehta (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5172 since 10/04/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24015 (CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities (QO84983)), 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 38581 (Brightstor Arcserve Backup for Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability COMMON-AXWBAS).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29344), Tenable (24015), SecurityFocus (BID 22016†), OSVDB (31320†) and Secunia (SA23648†). Similar entries are available at VDB-34394, VDB-34350, VDB-34349 and VDB-34221. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24015
Nessus Name: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities (QO84983)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: iss.net
Researcher: Paul Mehta
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5172 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5172
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34395
X-Force: 29344
SecurityFocus: 22016 - Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup MediaSVR.EXE Variant Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23648 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31320 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Mediasvr.exe String Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017506
Vulnerability Center: 14096 - Computer Associates Multiple Products RPC Interface Mediasvr.exe String Handling Overflow, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-0154

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/13/2019 22:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (76), 07/13/2019 22:16 (10)
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