CA Business Protection Suite up to R2 asdbapi.dll input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Business Protection Suite up to R2 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function in the library asdbapi.dll. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4398. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA Business Protection Suite up to R2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code in the library asdbapi.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the tape engine service in asdbapi.dll in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2008. The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2008 by eEye Digital Security with eEye Digital Security (Website). The advisory is available at support.ca.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4398 since 10/02/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6526.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45775), SecurityFocus (BID 31684†), OSVDB (49469†), Secunia (SA32220†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021032†). The entries VDB-44484, VDB-44483 and VDB-44481 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

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08/19/2019 +1616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Researcher: eEye Digital Security
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4398 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4398
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44482

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X-Force: 45775
SecurityFocus: 31684 - Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32220
OSVDB: 49469 - CA ARCserve Backup tape engine denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021032
Vulnerability Center: 19785 - CA ARCserve Backup r11.1-r12.0 Tape Engine Service in asdbapi.dll Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2777

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 09:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/19/2019 09:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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