CA20190930-01: Security Notice for CA Network Flow Analysis
Issued: September 30th, 2019
CA Technologies, a Broadcom Company, is alerting customers to a
potential risk with CA Network Flow Analysis. A vulnerability exists
that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. CA
published a solution to address the vulnerabilities and recommends
that all affected customers implement this solution.
The vulnerability, CVE-2019-13658, occurs due to default credentials
and a configuration weakness. A malicious actor may use the default
credentials and exploit a weakness in the configuration to execute
arbitrary commands on the CA Network Flow Analysis server.
Risk Rating
High
Platform(s)
All supported platforms
Affected Products
CA Network Flow Analysis 10.0.x
CA Network Flow Analysis 9.x
How to determine if the installation is affected
Customers may use the product version to determine if their product
installation is affected.
Solution
The following solution is available to address the vulnerability.
Note that the typical deployment of CA Network Flow Analysis is in an
internal network and system administrators should restrict access to
sensitive ports (see Firewall Configuration) on the CA Network Flow
Analysis server.
CA Network Flow Analysis 9.x and 10.0.x:
Customers should update to CA Network Flow Analysis 10.0.2 or later
and change the MySQL passwords as described at Configure MySQL User
Password.
References
CVE-2019-13658 - CA Network Flow Analysis default credentials
Acknowledgement
CVE-2019-13658 - Hendrik Van Belleghem
Change History
Version 1.0: 2019-09-30 - Initial Release
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Customers who require additional information about this notice may
contact CA Technologies Support at https://casupport.broadcom.com/
To report a suspected vulnerability in a CA Technologies product,
please send a summary to CA Technologies Product Vulnerability
Response at ca.psirt <AT> broadcom.com
Security Notices, PGP key, and disclosure policy and guidance
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Kevin Kotas
CA Product Security Incident Response Team
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