Advisory Details

August 7th, 2009

CA Unicenter Software Delivery dtscore.dll Stack Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-09-052
ZDI-CAN-233

CVE ID CVE-2009-2026
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS Computer Associates
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Unicenter Software Delivery
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['5593']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Computer Associates Unicenter Software Delivery. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw resides in the dtscore.dll library. The vulnerability is exposed through multiple processes listening on multiple ports. The vulnerable function is a token searching routine which will copy user supplied data into a fixed length stack buffer. Exploitation of this vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Computer Associates has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214090
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2007-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2009-08-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Orlando Padilla and Peter Silberman
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