Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:13102

Info

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13102
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1018
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 11 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 13 2009 04:26PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to an anonymous source.
Vulnerable: Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup for Windows 64 bit 10.5
Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5
Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.0
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 11.1
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 11.0
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 9.0.1
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (NoEng-Cli) 9.01
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (NoEng-All) 9.01
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Eng-Cli) 9.01
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Eng-All) 9.01
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Client) 11.1
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (All) 11.1
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 11.1
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 11.0
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 9.0 .0.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A remote buffer-overflow vulnerability affects BrightStor ARCserve and ARCserve Enterprise agent because the application fails to securely copy data from the network.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable computer, potentially facilitating unauthorized superuser access. A denial-of-service condition may arise as well.

BrightStor ARCserve Backup v11 for Win32 platforms is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit code is available as part of the Metasploit Framework:

Solution / Fix

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released advisories and fixes. Please see the references for details.


Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (All) 11.1

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (NoEng-All) 9.01

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (NoEng-Cli) 9.01

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Eng-Cli) 9.01

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Client) 11.1

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows (Eng-All) 9.01

Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.0

Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup for Windows 64 bit 10.5

Computer Associates BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 11.0

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 11.0

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 11.1

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Windows 64 bit 9.0.1

References

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