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. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library asdbapi.dll. The manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-4400. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Business Protection Suite up to R2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing in the library asdbapi.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability 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 of multiple services) via crafted authentication credentials, related to "insufficient validation."

The bug was discovered 10/09/2008. The weakness was shared 10/14/2008 by eEye Digital Security with eEye Digital Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4400 since 10/02/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (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 (45777), SecurityFocus (BID 31684†), OSVDB (49471†), Secunia (SA32220†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021032†). The entries VDB-44483, VDB-44482 and VDB-44481 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/02/2008 🔍
10/09/2008 +7 days 🔍
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10/20/2008 +6 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2339 days 🔍
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-2008-4400 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4400
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44484

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X-Force: 45777
SecurityFocus: 31684 - Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32220
OSVDB: 49471 - CA ARCserve Backup authentication credentials denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021032
Vulnerability Center: 19787 - CA ARCserve Backup r11.1-r12.0 asdbapi.dll Remote DoS via Crafted Authentication Credentials, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2777

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 09:23
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/19/2019 09:23 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:E49:103

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