-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- CA20121018-01: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup Issued: October 18, 2012 CA Technologies support is alerting customers to multiple risks with certain CA ARCserve Backup RPC services. Two vulnerabilities exist that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. The first vulnerability, CVE-2012-2971, occurs due to a flaw with how RPC requests are processed. An attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on server installations. The second vulnerability, CVE-2012-2972, occurs due to insufficient validation of certain RPC requests and exploitation can result in a service crash. This vulnerability affects both server and agent installations. Risk Rating High Platform Windows Affected Products CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r12.5 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r15 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r16 How to determine if the installation is affected CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r12.5, r15, r16: 1. Run the ARCserve Patch Management utility. From the Windows Start menu, the program can be found under Programs->CA->ARCserve Patch Management->Patch Status. 2. The main patch status screen will indicate if the patch in the below table is applied. If the patch is not applied, then the installation is vulnerable. Product Patch CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r12.5 RO49917 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r15 RO49916 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r16 RO49750 Solution CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r12.5: RO49917 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r15: RO49916 CA ARCserve Backup for Windows r16: RO49750 References CVE-2012-2971 - RPC remote code execution CVE-2012-2972 - RPC denial of service CA20121018-01: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup (url line wraps) https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID={F 9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1} Acknowledgement CVE-2012-2971, CVE-2012-2971 - Matteo Memelli of Offensive Security 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 CA Technologies products, please report your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team: (url line wraps) https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=17 7782 Regards, Kevin Kotas Director, CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team Copyright (c) 2012 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQEVAwUBUIA5rZI1FvIeMomJAQHTfAf/ZZ27rOrwGbsmdM/w5YUG7aU3EGDN+K3Q kugqviHtXFbzXR8+2MkPE8fF6mPVS4D8pyw9jBh0EWm1cUm3tUybclGZZWZFywB+ yzkL6JlKbi8eU10VneAxDferfekGOk8pKWJXN7ceGEUbD9rga2b8d8zTDi5/+zQh TOlo9V8KVnjY+ONdLii5E2erO4JgYfwWnPTUKBCV1ex9LUMLJsbt5mRaD3KNO2rm /MdkTN/z41nPQqoyf0qduGlCr6+lWVbrP1d6Vnge/jrCjHTf/1FGwKxqgC+iEHRj Ivs0y//Y8Sz5o5121S/n4DmyCfbS6kAnLDUeNAPJjQnr5fGBmG6lew== =+XMS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----