Check Point Advisories

CA Multiple Products Console Server Login Handling Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-2522)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-271
Date Published:	3 Nov 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 November, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-2522
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	CA (Computer Associates) provides a group of products intended for enhancing the security of enterprise as well as individual clients. Main series of these products were formerly known as CA eTrust products. The following is a brief list of major products in this group: CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Integrated Threat Management) CA Anti-Spyware for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust PestPatrol) CA Protection Suites A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Console Server shipped with multiple CA products. The vulnerability can be triggered by submitting overly long username or password to the authentication process. A remote unauthenticated attacker may leverage this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target system with the privileges of the affected service, which is System on Windows platforms. In a simple attack case, where code injection was not attempted, the affected service process will terminate abnormally when the malicious message is processed. In a sophisticated attack scenario, where the malicious user is successful in injecting and executing supplied code, the behaviour of the system is dependent on the nature of the injected code. Any code injected into the vulnerable component would execute in the security context of the service process, which is System on Windows platforms.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the CA Multiple Products Console Server Login Handling Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: CA multiple products Console Server login handling buffer overflow