Title: CA20090107-01: CA Service Metric Analysis and CA Service Level Management smmsnmpd Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability CA Advisory Reference: CA20090107-01 CA Advisory Date: 2009-01-07 Reported By: Michel Arboi of Tenable Network Security Impact: A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands. Summary: CA Service Metric Analysis and CA Service Level Management contain a vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. CA has issued patches to address the vulnerability. The vulnerability, CVE-2009-0043, is due to insufficient access restrictions associated with the smmsnmpd service. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the service. Mitigating Factors: None Severity: CA has given this vulnerability a High risk rating. Affected Products: CA Service Level Management 3.5 CA Service Metric Analysis r11.0 CA Service Metric Analysis r11.1 CA Service Metric Analysis r11.1 SP1 Affected Platforms: Windows Status and Recommendation: CA has issued the following patches to address the vulnerabilities. CA Service Level Management 3.5: RO04649 CA Service Metric Analysis r11.0: RO04653 CA Service Metric Analysis r11.1, CA Service Metric Analysis r11.1 SP1: RO04667 How to determine if you are affected: 1. Run the ApplyPTF utility (preferably the latest one from CA) on the machine where SMA/SLM is installed. 2. Select the option "List PTFs applied on local or remote nodes." and click Next. 3. Enter the hostname of the machine on which SMA/SLM is installed in the "List PTF(s) on Node:" input box and make sure that "List Node Type" is set to "NT". In the input box "Write Output to File", you may set the complete path to a text file where the output may be written, for example, "C:\ptflist.txt". Click Next. 4. Select "UNISLM" in the Product section and click Next. 5. The list of fixes that have been applied on SMA will be provided in the output section and also written to the file specified in Step 3. 6. Manually verify if the output contains the following line: a. If the product version is SMA 11.1x, the line should be "PTF Wizard installed T5LX006". b. If the product version is SLM 3.5, the line should be "PTF Wizard installed T5LX007". c. If the product version is SMA 11.0, the line should be "PTF Wizard installed T5LX008". 7. If the line is not present, then the product is vulnerable; else, it has been patched. Workaround: None References (URLs may wrap): CA Support: http://support.ca.com/ CA20090107-01: Security Notice for CA Service Metric Analysis and CA Service Level Management https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=1961 48 Solution Document Reference APARs: RO04649, RO04653, RO04667 CA Security Response Blog posting: CA20090107-01: CA Service Metric Analysis and CA Service Level Management smmsnmpd Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/07.aspx Reported By: Michel Arboi of Tenable Network Security http://www.tenablesecurity.com/ CVE References: CVE-2009-0043 - SMA smmsnmpd command execution http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0043 OSVDB References: Pending http://osvdb.org/ Changelog for this advisory: v1.0 - Initial Release Customers who require additional information should contact CA Technical Support at http://support.ca.com. For technical questions or comments related to this advisory, please send email to vuln AT ca DOT com. If you discover a vulnerability in CA products, please report your findings to the CA Product Vulnerability Response Team. https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=1777 82 Regards, Ken Williams, Director ; 0xE2941985 CA Product Vulnerability Response Team CA, 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11749 Contact http://www.ca.com/us/contact/ Legal Notice http://www.ca.com/us/legal/ Privacy Policy http://www.ca.com/us/privacy/ Copyright (c) 2009 CA. All rights reserved.