McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) packet buffer overflow
| security-management-bo (31164) |  High Risk |
Description:
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA), which is used in multiple McAfee products, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of packets. By sending a specially-crafted packet to an affected system, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the CMA node to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- McAfee, Common Management Agent 3.6.0.438
- McAfee, Common Management Agent 3.6.0.453
- McAfee, ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5.0
- McAfee, ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6.0
- McAfee, ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6.1
- McAfee, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1
- McAfee, ProtectionPilot 1.5
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of McAfee Common Management Agent (3.6.0 Patch 1 (CMA3.6.0.546) or later), as listed in McAfee Support Document ID: 613366. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Advisory July 10, 2007, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent Remote Code Execution at http://www.iss.net/threats/269.html.
- McAfee Support Document ID: 613366 Document ID: 613366, McAfee Security Bulletin - Heap based buffer overflow of Common Management Agent (CMA) at https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=613366.
- BID-24863: McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-5273: Heap-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.5.5.438 through 3.6.0.453 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.
- OSVDB ID: 36100: McAfee Multiple Product ePolicy Orchestrator Crafted Packet Remote Overflow
- SA26029: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Common Management Agent Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018363: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Common Management Agent Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2498: McAfee e-Policy Orchestrator Agent Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 10, 2007
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