CA ARCserve Backup authentication credentials denial of service
| ca-arcservebackup-authentication-dos (45777) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CA ARCserve Backup is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper validation of authentication credentials. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause multiple services to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to CA Security Advisory Vulnerability ID: 188143 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- CA Security Advisory Vulnerability ID: 188143: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup.
- BID-31684: Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-4400: Unspecified vulnerability in asdbapi.dll in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash of multiple services) via crafted authentication credentials, related to insufficient validation.
- SA32220: CA ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1021032: CA ARCserve Backup Bugs Let Remote Users Crash the Target Services or Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2777: CA Products Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- CA ARCserve Backup 12.0
- CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.1
- CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5
- CA Business Protection Suite 2.0
- CA Business Protection Suite for Microsoft Small Business Server 2 Standard
- CA Business Protection Suite for Microsoft Small Business Server 2 Premium
- CA Server Protection Suite 2
Reported:
Oct 09, 2008
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