Check Point Advisories

CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup caloggerd.exe Null Hostname Denial of Service (CVE-2007-2772)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-277
Date Published: 15 Feb 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 15 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-2772
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A Null dereference vulnerability exists in the CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup caloggerd process. The vulnerability is due to insufficient data validation when parsing strings in received RPC requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker may leverage this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC request. Successful exploitation may create a denial of service condition to the affected process. The target caloggerd process will terminate upon triggering the vulnerability. The service needs to be restarted manually to restore the functionality of the server.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup caloggerd.exe Null Hostname Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  SUN-RPC Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup caloggerd.exe Null hostname denial of service

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