CA Gateway Security up to 8.0 Icihttp.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CA Gateway Security up to 8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Icihttp.exe. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2667. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in CA Gateway Security up to 8.0. This affects an unknown code of the file Icihttp.exe. 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:

Icihttp.exe in CA Gateway Security for HTTP, as used in CA Gateway Security 8.1 before 8.1.0.69 and CA Total Defense r12, does not properly parse URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and daemon crash) via a malformed request.

The weakness was published 07/28/2011 by Andrea Micalizzi (rgod) (Website). The advisory is shared at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2667 since 07/06/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/12/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55692 (CA Gateway Security Malformed HTTP Packet Remote Code Execution), 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 119484 (CA Gateway Security URL Parsing Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 8.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11478.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68736), Tenable (55692), SecurityFocus (BID 48813†), Secunia (SA45332†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025812†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55692
Nessus Name: CA Gateway Security Malformed HTTP Packet Remote Code Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gateway Security 8.1
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07/06/2011 🔍
07/20/2011 +14 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1331 days 🔍
01/12/2025 +3583 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Researcher: Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2667 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58125
X-Force: 68736
SecurityFocus: 48813 - Computer Associates Total Defense and Gateway Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 45332 - CA Gateway Security URL Parsing Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1025812 - CA Gateway Security URL Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 32465 - CA Gateway Security 8.1 before 8.1.0.69 and CA Total Defense r12 Remote Code Execution or DoS, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/12/2025 01:33
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (59), 03/28/2017 23:15 (18), 11/15/2021 16:55 (2), 01/12/2025 01:33 (16)
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