Advisory Details

June 5th, 2007

CA Multiple Product AV Engine CAB Header Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2007-2864
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS	Computer Associates
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	eTrust AntiVirus
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of various Computer Associates products. The specific flaw exists within the processing of an improperly defined "coffFiles" field in .CAB archives. Large values result in an unbounded data copy operation which can result in an exploitable stack-based buffer overflow.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Computer Associates has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caantivirus-securitynotice.asp
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2007-02-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2007-06-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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