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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0807 -- [Win]
Two vulnerabilities in CA HIPS kmxfw.sys and CA HIPS kmxfw.sys
14 August 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8
CA Internet Security Suite 2007
CA Internet Security Suite 2008
CA Personal Firewall 2007
CA Personal Firewall 2008
Publisher: CA
Operating System: Windows
Impact: Denial of Service
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-3174 CVE-2008-2926
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36560
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36559
Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) CA advisories.
The execute arbitrary code/commands impact requires an existing
account.
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CA HIPS kmxfw.sys driver denial of service vulnerability
Date Discovered:
11 Aug 2008
Date Published:
12 Aug 2008
Last Updated:
12 Aug 2008
Threat Assessment
Overall Risk: Medium
Popularity : Medium
Impact: High
Simplicity: Low
Characteristics
Vulnerability ID: 36560
Discovered By: Elazar Broad
Exploitable Locally: Yes
Exploitable Remotely: Yes
Impact: An attacker can cause a denial of service condition.
Root Cause: Software Vulnerability
Description
Recommendations
Affected Technologies
References
Description
CA HIPS contains a vulnerability that can allow an attacker to cause a
denial of service condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient
validation by the kmxfw.sys driver. An attacker can exploit this
vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
Recommendations
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For: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8, CA Internet
Security Suite 2007, CA Internet Security Suite 2008, CA Personal
Firewall 2007, CA Personal Firewall 2008
Please install the following updates :-
CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8:-
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https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/SolutionResults?aparNo=RO00535&actionID=4
CA Internet Security Suite r3, r4 and CA Personal Firewall 2007,
2008:-
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- Ensure the latest engine is installed by using the built-in update
mechanism.
- CA Personal Firewall Engine 1.2.276 and later are not affected.
- To ensure that the latest automatic update is installed on your
computer, you can
view the Help => About screen in their CA Personal Firewall product
and confirm
that the engine version number is 1.2.276 or higher.
Affected Technologies
Computer Associates: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8
Computer Associates: CA Internet Security Suite 2007
Computer Associates: CA Internet Security Suite 2008
Computer Associates: CA Personal Firewall 2007
Computer Associates: CA Personal Firewall 2008
References
CA:contentID:182496
Mitre CVE: CVE-2008-3174
Copyright 2008 CA
CA HIPS kmxfw.sys IOCTL requests arbitrary code execution vulnerability
Date Discovered:
11 Aug 2008
Date Published:
12 Aug 2008
Last Updated:
12 Aug 2008
Threat Assessment
Overall Risk: Medium
Popularity : Medium
Impact: High
Simplicity: Low
Characteristics
Vulnerability ID: 36559
Discovered By: Tobias Klein
Exploitable Locally: Yes
Exploitable Remotely: No
Impact: A local attacker can cause a system crash or potentially
execute arbitrary code.
Root Cause: Software Vulnerability
Description
Recommendations
Affected Technologies
References
Description
CA HIPS contains a vulnerability that can allow a local attacker to
cause a system crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. The
vulnerability is due insufficient verification of IOCTL requests by
the kmxfw.sys driver. An attacker can send an IOCTL request to cause a
system crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Recommendations
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For: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8, CA Internet
Security Suite 2007, CA Internet Security Suite 2008, CA Personal
Firewall 2007, CA Personal Firewall 2008
Please install the following updates :-
CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8:-
==============================
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/SolutionResults?aparNo=RO00535&actionID=4
CA Internet Security Suite r3, r4 and CA Personal Firewall 2007,
2008:-
=============================================
- Ensure the latest engine is installed by using the built-in update
mechanism.
- CA Personal Firewall Engine 1.2.276 and later are not affected.
- To ensure that the latest automatic update is installed on your
computer, you can
view the Help => About screen in their CA Personal Firewall product
and confirm
that the engine version number is 1.2.276 or higher.
Affected Technologies
Computer Associates: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8
Computer Associates: CA Internet Security Suite 2007
Computer Associates: CA Internet Security Suite 2008
Computer Associates: CA Personal Firewall 2007
Computer Associates: CA Personal Firewall 2008
References
CA:contentID:182496
Mitre CVE: CVE-2008-2926
Copyright 2008 CA
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