Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 02.27.07 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Feb 27, 2007 I. BACKGROUND Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection is a network intrusion management and prevention system, that includes real-time session monitoring and Internet web filtering capabilities. More information can be found on the vendors site at the following URL. http://www3.ca.com/solutions/Product.aspx?ID=163 II. DESCRIPTION The eTrust Intrusion Detection process listens on TCP port 9191 for remote administration functions. Administrator login requires that keys be exchanged including a session key with blowfish encryption of the login and the password. Since the administration server fails to properly validate the key length value, it is possible to cause the product to crash. During decryption, 4 is subtracted from the specified length and the result used as the length of the data to decrypt. The decryption loop will proceed to overwrite the entire heap segment. This leads to an unhandled exception. III. ANALYSIS Exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to cause the administration service to crash. Since the heap is not used once corrupted, the heap overflow cannot be exploited for more than a denial of service. IV. DETECTION iDefense has confirmed this vulnerability in Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection version 3.0.5.57. Other versions are suspected vulnerable. V. WORKAROUND iDefense is not aware of any workarounds for this issue. VI. VENDOR RESPONSE Computer Associates has issued patches to correct this vulnerability. More information is available in their advisory which can be found at the following URL. http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/eid_secnotice.asp VII. CVE INFORMATION The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2007-1005 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems. VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE 01/16/2007 Initial vendor notification 01/16/2007 Initial vendor response 02/27/2007 Coordinated public disclosure IX. CREDIT The discoverer of this vulnerability wishes to remain anonymous. Get paid for vulnerability research http://labs.idefense.com/methodology/vulnerability/vcp.php Free tools, research and upcoming events http://labs.idefense.com/ X. LEGAL NOTICES Copyright © 2007 iDefense, Inc. Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert electronically. It may not be edited in any way without the express written consent of iDefense. If you wish to reprint the whole or any part of this alert in any other medium other than electronically, please e-mail customerservice@private for permission. Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, this information.
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