APP: CA ARCServe Backup for Laptops and Desktops LGServer Service Code Execution

There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops service handles incoming messages. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted commands to the LGServer service to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target host with System privileges. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected service will terminate unexpectedly. This will create a denial of service condition of the affected service. In a more sophisticated attack where code injection results in successful process flow diverting, the behaviour of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the running process, normally System.

Extended Description

Computer Associates ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops is prone to multiple remote issues, including a buffer-overflow vulnerability and a denial-of-service vulnerability. Successfully exploiting these issues allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM-level privileges. This will result in a complete compromise of affected computers. Attackers may also trigger application crashes, denying service to legitimate users. These issues are related to the ones documented in BID 24348 (Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities). The fixes for CVE-2007-3216 and CVE-2007-5005 did not completely resolve the previous issues.

Affected Products

Computer_associates desktop_management_suite

References

BugTraq: 28616

CVE: CVE-2008-1328

URL: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentid=173105

Short Name

APP:CA:ARCSRV:LG-SERVER-RCE

Severity

Major

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

Drop

APP: CA ARCServe Backup for Laptops and Desktops LGServer Service Code Execution

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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