CA Unicenter Network And Systems Management up to 3.0 arclib.dll denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in CA Unicenter Network And Systems Management up to 3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library arclib.dll. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-3875. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Unicenter Network And Systems Management up to 3.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality in the library arclib.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

arclib.dll before 7.3.0.9 in CA Anti-Virus (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 8 and certain other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and loss of antivirus functionality) via an invalid "previous listing chunk number" field in a CHM file.

The weakness was published 07/25/2007 by Sergio Alvarez with n.runs AG (Website). The advisory is shared at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3875 since 07/18/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8976.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35573), SecurityFocus (BID 25049†), Secunia (SA26155†), SecurityTracker (ID 1018450†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15880†). Similar entry is available at VDB-2641. 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: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unicenter Network And Systems Management 3.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3875 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3875
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38005
X-Force: 35573
SecurityFocus: 25049 - Computer Associates Multiple Products Arclib.DLL Malformed CHM File Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 26155 - CA Products CHM and RAR File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1018450 - eTrust Antivirus Bugs in Arclib Library Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 15880 - CA Anti-Virus (eTrust Antivirus) Remote DoS via a Malformed CHM File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2639

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 12/31/2016 17:52
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (56), 12/31/2016 17:52 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:D48:103

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