Layered Defense Advisory: Format String Vuln in CA eTrust

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                                     Layered Defense Advisory 27 June 2006
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1) Affected Software  
Computer Associates: eTrust Antivirus 8.0
Computer Associates: eTrust PestPatrol 8.0
Computer Associates: Integrated Threat Management 8.0 
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2) Severity 
Rating: Medium risk
Impact: Execution of arbitrary code, rights escalation and at a minimum, denial of service.
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3) Description of Vulnerability 
A format string vulnerability was discovered within etrust Antivirus 8.0. The vulnerability is due to improper 
processing of format strings within the scan job description field. An attacker could create a scan job containing 
special crafted format strings that could potential lead to execution of arbitrary code, rights escalation and at a 
minimum denial of service.
Other effected software identified by vendor:
Computer Associates: eTrust PestPatrol 8.0
Computer Associates: Integrated Threat Management 8.0 
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4) Solution
 
This vulnerability is addressed by vendor in Content 
Update build 432. 
Client GUI Vulnerability Content Update - build 432
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/eitm/infodocs/etrustitmvuln-contentupdate.asp
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5) Time Table 
05/04/2006 – Reported Vulnerability to Vendor. 
06/27/2006 – Vulnerability fixed & public disclosure. 
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6) Credits 
Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com ===============================================================
7) References 
CAID: 34325
CAID Advisory link: http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34325

CVE Reference: 
CVE-2006-3223 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3223

OSVDB Reference: 
OSVDB-26654 http://osvdb.org/26654
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9) About Layered Defense 
Layered Defense, Is a group of security professionals that work together on ethical Research, Testing and Training 
within the information security arena.
http://www.layereddefense.com
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