CA20121220-01: Security Notice for CA IdentityMinder
Issued: December 20, 2012
Updated: January 18, 2013
CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to two potential risks in CA
IdentityMinder (formerly known as CA Identity Manager). Two
vulnerabilities exist that can allow a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary commands, manipulate data, or gain elevated access. CA
Technologies has issued patches to address the vulnerabilities.
The first vulnerability, CVE-2012-6298, allows a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary commands or manipulate data.
The second vulnerability, CVE-2012-6299, allows a remote attacker to gain
elevated access.
Risk Rating
High
Affected Platforms
All
Affected Products
CA IdentityMinder r12.0 CR16 and earlier
CA IdentityMinder r12.5 SP1 thru SP14
CA IdentityMinder r12.6 GA
Non-Affected Products
None (i.e. all supported versions of CA IdentityMinder are vulnerable)
How to determine if the installation is affected
All versions of CA IdentityMinder r12.0, r12.5 prior to SP15, and r12.6 GA
are vulnerable.
You can confirm that patches have been successfully applied by checking the
dates associated with the following IdentityMinder jar files (the jar files
are created in the patch output sub-folder structure in the root folder
from which you have run the patch utility):
CA IdentityMinder r12.0 CR16 and earlier – user_console.jar
CA IdentityMinder r12.5 SP1 thru SP6 – user_console.jar
CA IdentityMinder r12.5 SP7 thru SP14 – user_console.jar & imsapi6.jar
CA IdentityMinder r12.6 GA – user_console.jar & imsapi6.jar
The dates on these jar files will be set to the date on which the patch was
applied.
Solution
CA Technologies has issued the following patches to address the
vulnerabilities. Download the appropriate patch(es) and follow the
instructions in the readme.txt file. These patches can be applied to all
operating system platforms.
12.0CR8+ - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/120CR8+.zip
12.5SP1 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP1.zip
12.5SP2 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP2.zip
12.5SP3 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP3.zip
12.5SP4 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP4.zip
12.5SP5 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP5.zip
12.5SP6 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP6.zip
12.5SP7 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP7.zip
12.5SP8 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP8.zip
12.5SP9 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP9.zip
12.5SP10 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP10.zip
12.5SP11 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP11.zip
12.5SP12 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP12.zip
12.5SP13 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP13.zip
12.5SP14 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/125SP14.zip
12.6SP0 - ftp://ftp.ca.com/caproducts/IdentityMgr/IDMGR/SecVul/126GA.zip
Workaround
None
References
CVE-2012-6298 - CA IdentityMinder execute arbitrary commands or manipulate
data
CVE-2012-6299 - CA IdentityMinder gain elevated access
CA20121220-01: Security Notice for CA IdentityMinder
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https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID={FBA53B
61-3A68-4506-9876-F845F6DD8A93}
Acknowledgement
CVE-2012-6298 - Discovered internally by CA Technologies
CVE-2012-6299 - Discovered internally by CA Technologies
Change History
Version 1.0: Initial Release
Version 1.1: Revised the section entitled "How to determine if the
installation is affected".
If additional information is required, please contact CA Technologies
Support at https://support.ca.com/
If you discover a vulnerability in CA Technologies products, please report
your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team.
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=177782
CA Technologies Security Notices
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg
Thanks and regards,
Ken Williams, Director