CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise up to R8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise up to R8. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-3587. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise up to R8 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the arclib component in the Anti-Virus engine in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 7.1 through r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 (v8) through 2009; eTrust EZ Antivirus r7.1; Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3) through Plus 2009; and other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive file that triggers heap corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3588.

The weakness was released 10/08/2009 by Thierry Zoller (Website). The advisory is shared at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3587. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42105 (Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine arclib.dll < 8.1.4.0 Multiple Flaws), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116637 (CA (Computer Associates) Antivirus Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (CA20091008-01)).

A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53697), Tenable (42105), SecurityFocus (BID 36653†), OSVDB (58691†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022999†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-50422. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 42105
Nessus Name: Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine arclib.dll < 8.1.4.0 Multiple Flaws
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OpenVAS ID: 900967
OpenVAS Name: CA Multiple Products arclib Component DoS Vulnerability (Win)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Researcher: Thierry Zoller
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CVE: CVE-2009-3587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50421
X-Force: 53697
SecurityFocus: 36653 - Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine 'arclib' Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 58691 - CA Multiple Products Anti-Virus Engine arclib Component RAR File Handling Memory Corruption DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022999
Vulnerability Center: 23758 - CA Anti-Virus Engine Arclib Unspecified Remote DoS and Code Execution via a RAR File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/29/2024 03:04
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 02/15/2017 09:35 (9), 08/23/2021 16:22 (3), 08/23/2021 16:29 (1), 12/29/2024 03:04 (15)
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