Check Point Advisories

CA Brighstor ARCserve Backup Agent Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-1272)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2223
Date Published:	23 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-1272
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For MS SQL 10.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For MS SQL 10.5 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Oracle 11.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Oracle 11.1 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Oracle 9.01 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Windows 11.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Windows 11.1 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup For Windows 9.01 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For Exchange 11.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For Exchange 11.1 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For Exchange 9.01 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For Oracle 10.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For Oracle 10.5 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For SAP R/3 10.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For SAP R/3 10.5 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For SAP R/3 11.0 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For SAP R/3 11.1 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent For SAP R/3 9.01 CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup Serverless Backup 10.0 CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup Serverless Backup 10.5
Vulnerability Description	A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in BrightStor ARCserve and Enterprise Backup Agent for windows. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Backup Agents. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently running 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the CA Brighstor ARCserve Backup Agent 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: CA Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: CA Brighstor ARCserve Backup Agent Buffer Overflow