__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN BrightStor ARCserve for MS SQL Server Buffer Overflow [CA Fix# QO70769] August 3, 2005 16:00 GMT Number P-263 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor Enterprise Backup application agent code used on Windows platforms. PLATFORM: -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for SQL for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for Oracle for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for SAP R/3 for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for Microsoft Exchange Premium Add-on for Windows DAMAGE: Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to either crash the agent or to overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code with system privileges. SOLUTION: Apply the security updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. A remote attacker who successfully exploits ASSESSMENT: this vulnerability can gain privileged access to the system. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-263.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/solcenter/sol_detail.jsp?aparno=QO70769&os =NT&returninput=0&prev=true CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1272 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start CA Fix# QO70769 *****] Component: BRIGHTSTOR ARCSERVE BACKUP FOR WINDOWS COMMON-AXWBAS Release: 11.0 Fix #: QO70769 Solution Document Title: NT -DATABASE AGENT SECURITY UPDATE - R11.0 Description : PRODUCT: BAB Windows Common RELEASE: 11.0 APAR #: QO70769 DATE: 28 JUL 2005 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: NT -DATABASE AGENT SECURITY UPDATE - R11.0 ---------------------------------------------------- A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor Enterprise Backup application agent code used on Windows platforms. A remote attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can gain privileged access to the system. This buffer overflow vulnerability was reported to CA by iDEFENSE. CA strongly recommends that security update(s) be applied immediately to systems that utilize any of the products listed below. BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.0: -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for SQL for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for Oracle for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for SAP R/3 for Windows -BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 Agent for Microsoft Exchange Premium Add-on for Windows PREREQS: None MPREREQS: None COREQS: None MCOREQS: None SUPERSEDED: None HYPER: YES DISTRIBUTION CODE: A (A=Available, I=Internal) PROBLEM RESOLUTION: Follow the instructions below: This fix requires BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11.0 to be installed. 1. Unzip the fix file as follows: CAZIPXP -U QO70769.CAZ 2. On systems where one of the affected database agents is installed, run BAB110WFix.exe. PRODUCT(S) AFFECTED: BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows Release 11.0 DOWNLOAD INFORMATION: --------------------- NODE: ftp.ca.com PATH: /CAproducts/unicenter/AXWBAS/nt/GA/QO70769 FILES: QO70769.DFC QO70769.CAZ UPDATED ROUTINES: --------------- BAB110WFix.exe 15829565 THU JUN 16 15:46:55 2005 Solutions Solutions Solution(s) Download QO70769.txt Download QO70769.DFC Download QO70769.CAZ Download CAZIPXP Download Solution(s) Download Status QO70769.txt Download Added to Cart QO70769.DFC Download Added to Cart QO70769.CAZ Download Added to Cart CAZIPXP Download Added to Cart Related Problem(s) Product Release Problem Title AXWBAS 11.0 DATABASE AGENT SECURITY UPDATE - R11.0 Dependencies SUPERSEDES T31A319 [***** End CA Fix# QO70769 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Computer Associates for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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