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CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine remote code execution vulnerability

Date Discovered:
11 Jan 2006

Date Published:
12 Jan 2007

Last Updated:
3 Apr 2007

Threat Assessment

Overall Risk:  Medium
Popularity : Medium
Impact:  High
Simplicity:  Low

Characteristics

Vulnerability ID:  34957
Discovered By:  Anonymous

Exploitable Locally:  No
Exploitable Remotely:  Yes

Impact:  A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Root Cause:  Software Vulnerability

 

Description

CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup contains a vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in handling of RPC requests to the Tape Engine service. An attacker can place certain data in opnum 0xBF in an RPC request to execute arbitrary code.

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Affected Technologies

Computer Associates: BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9.01 Client Agent for Windows
Computer Associates: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows r11
Computer Associates: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows r11.1
Computer Associates: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows r11.5
Computer Associates: CA Brightstor Enterprise Backup v10.5 for Windows
Computer Associates: CA Protection Suites - Protection Suite Server r2 x86 32

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References

Computer Associates: babimpsec-notice
Mitre CVE: CVE-2007-0168

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