ZDI-07-035: CA Multiple Product AV Engine CAB Header Parsing Stack
            Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-035.html
June  5, 2007

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2007-2864

-- Affected Vendor:
Computer Associates

-- Affected Products:
CA Anti-Virus
eTrust EZ Antivirus
CA Internet Security Suite 2007
eTrust Internet Security Suite
eTrust EZ Armor
CA Threat Manager
CA Protection Suites
CA Secure Content Manager
CA Anti-Virus Gateway
Unicenter Network and Systems Management
BrightStor ARCserve Backup
CA Common Services

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of various Computer Associates products.

The specific flaw exists within the processing of an improperly defined
"coffFiles" field in .CAB archives. Large values result in an unbounded
data copy operation which can result in an exploitable stack-based
buffer overflow.

-- Vendor Response:
Computer Associates has issued an update to correct this vulnerability.
More details can be found at:
 
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caantivirus-securitynotice.asp

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007.02.16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.06.05 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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