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CA ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA30300  
Release Date: 2008-05-20

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.x
BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.x (for Windows)
CA Server Protection Suite r2

CVE reference:CVE-2008-2241 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-2242 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in CA ARCserve Backup, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An input validation error within the logging service (caloggerd) can be exploited to append arbitrary data to arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

2) Boundary errors in certain xdr functions (e.g. "xdr_rwsstring()") can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities affect the following products:
* CA ARCserve Backup r11.5 (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5)
* CA ARCserve Backup r11.1 (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.1)
* CA ARCserve Backup r11.0 (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.0)
* CA Server Protection Suite r2
* CA Business Protection Suite r2
* CA Business Protection Suite for Microsoft Small Business Server Standard Edition r2
* CA Business Protection Suite for Microsoft Small Business Server Premium Edition r2

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Apply patches. Please see the vendor's advisory for more information.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Independently discovered by:
* Damian Put, reported via ZDI
* An anonymous researcher, reported via iDefense Labs

Original Advisory:
CA:
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=176798

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-026/



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