Advisory Details

January 11th, 2007

CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-07-002
ZDI-CAN-118

CVE ID CVE-2007-0168
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS Computer Associates
AFFECTED PRODUCTS BrightStor ARCserve Server
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['4849', '4882']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the handling of RPC requests to the Tape Engine service which listens by default on TCP port 6502 with the following UUID:

62b93df0-8b02-11ce-876c-00805f842837

The handler function for RPC opnum 0xBF directly calls user-supplied data in the RPC request, resulting in trivial arbitrary code execution.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Computer Associates has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2006-11-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2007-01-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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