CA BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager up to 11.4 Agent Service length memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in CA BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager up to 11.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Agent Service. Executing a manipulation of the argument length can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-5082. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager up to 11.4. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Agent Service. The manipulation of the argument length with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) before r11.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified CsAgent service commands with certain opcodes, related to missing validation of a length parameter.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2007. The weakness was published 10/01/2007 by Aaron Portnoy (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ca.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5082 since 09/25/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/27/2019).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26914 (BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager < r11.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), 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 to version 11.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4922.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36825), Tenable (26914), SecurityFocus (BID 25823†), OSVDB (41363†) and Secunia (SA26914†). Similar entries are available at VDB-39042 and VDB-39041. 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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 26914
Nessus Name: BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager < r11.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: hsmserver.rb
MetaSploit Name: CA BrightStor HSM Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager 11.5
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: ca.com
Researcher: Aaron Portnoy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5082 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5082
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39040
X-Force: 36825
SecurityFocus: 25823 - Computer Associates BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager CsAgent Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26914
OSVDB: 41363 - CVE-2007-5082 - CA - BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager - Multiple Buffer Overflow Issues
SecurityTracker: 1018747
Vulnerability Center: 16264 - BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager Buffer Overflow Allows Code Execution with Root Privileges, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-3275

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/27/2019 09:45
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (88), 07/27/2019 09:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:1BE:103

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