Advisory Details

December 9th, 2010

CA Multiple Products create_session_bab SOAP Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-263
ZDI-CAN-878

CVE ID CVE-2010-3984
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS CA
CA
CA
CA
AFFECTED PRODUCTS XOsoft High Availability
XOsoft Replication
XOsoft Content Distribution
ARCserve Replication and High Availability
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10708']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of CA ARCserve Replication and High Availability. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the "create_session_bab" SOAP operation, which is handled by the xosoapapi.asmx process that is crucial to the remote administration of both the High Availability and the Replication products. By sending a specially crafted POST request to the xosoapapi.asmx process a remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a buffer overflow condition that results in arbitrary code execution under the context of the SOAP server process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID={FEB41CE8-5023-46DF-B257-5299F492BF23}


DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-08-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-12-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT AbdulAziz Hariri
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