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CA20101209-01: Security Notice for CA XOsoft
Issued: December 9, 2010
CA Technologies support is alerting customers to a security risk with
CA XOsoft. A vulnerability exists that can allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code. CA has issued a patch to address the
vulnerability for each affected release.
The vulnerability, CVE-2010-3984, is due to insufficient bounds
checking with a SOAP request. A remote attacker can make a SOAP
request to cause a buffer overflow and potentially compromise the
system.
Risk Rating
High
Platform
Windows
Affected Products
CA XOsoft Replication r12.0 sp1
CA XOsoft High Availability r12.0 sp1
CA XOsoft Content Distribution r12.0 sp1
CA XOsoft Replication r12.5 sp2 rollup
CA XOsoft High Availability r12.5 sp2 rollup
CA XOsoft Content Distribution r12.5 sp2 rollup
CA ARCserve Replication and High Availability r15.0 sp1
Non-Affected Products
CA ARCserve Replication and High Availability r15.2
How to determine if the installation is affected
1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file "mng_core_com.dll". By
default in r12.0 and r12.5, the file is located in the
"C:\Program Files\CA\XOsoft\Manager" directory. For r15.0 sp1, the
file is located in the "C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve RHA\Manager"
directory.
2. Right click on the file and select Properties.
3. Select the General tab.
4. If the file timestamp is earlier than indicated in the below
table, the installation is vulnerable.
Product
File Name
Timestamp
File Size
XOsoft 12.0 sp1
mng_core_com.dll
10/09/2010
2,007,040 bytes
XOsoft 12.5 sp2 rollup
mng_core_com.dll
10/13/2010
2,396,160 bytes
ARCserve RHA 15.0 sp1
mng_core_com.dll
10/13/2010
2,990,080 bytes
Solution
CA issued the following patch to address the vulnerability.
CA ARCserve Replication and High Availability r15.0 sp1:
RO24455
CA XOsoft Replication r12.5 sp2 rollup,
CA XOsoft High Availability r12.5 sp2 rollup,
CA XOsoft Content Distribution r12.5 sp2 rollup:
RO24313
CA XOsoft Replication r12.0 sp1,
CA XOsoft High Availability r12.0 sp1,
CA XOsoft Content Distribution r12.0 sp1:
RO24314
References
CVE-2010-3984 - XOsoft buffer overflow
CA20101209-01: Security Notice for CA XOsoft
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https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7
bFEB41CE8-5023-46DF-B257-5299F492BF23%7d
Acknowledgement
CVE-2010-3984 - AbdulAziz Hariri through the TippingPoint ZDI program
Change History
Version 1.0: Initial Release
If additional information is required, please contact CA Technologies
Support at http://support.ca.com/.
If you discover a vulnerability in a CA Technologies product, please
report your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability
Response Team.
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/submit.aspx
Kevin Kotas
CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team
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