-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Title: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK kmxfw.sys Multiple Vulnerabilities CA Advisory Date: 2008-08-11 Reported By: CVE-2008-2926 - Tobias Klein CVE-2008-3174 - Elazar Broad Impact: A remote attacker can cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Summary: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK contains two vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CA has issued updates to address the vulnerabilities. The first vulnerability, CVE-2008-2926, occurs due to insufficient verification of IOCTL requests by the kmxfw.sys driver. A local attacker can send an IOCTL request that can cause a system crash or potentially result in arbitrary code execution. The second vulnerability, CVE-2008-3174, occurs due to insufficient validation by the kmxfw.sys driver. An attacker can make a request that can cause a system crash. Mitigating Factors: None Severity: CA has given these vulnerabilities a Medium risk rating. Affected Products: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8 CA Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3.2) with CA Personal Firewall 2007 (v9.1) Engine version 1.2.260 and below CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (v4.0) with CA Personal Firewall 2008 (v10.0) Engine version 1.2.260 and below CA Personal Firewall 2007 (v9.1) with Engine version 1.2.260 and below CA Personal Firewall 2008 (v10.0) with Engine version 1.2.260 and below Affected Platforms: Windows Status and Recommendation: CA has issued the following updates to address the vulnerabilities. CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8: RO00535 https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&se archID=RO00535 CA Internet Security Suite r3, r4 and CA Personal Firewall 2007, 2008: Ensure the latest engine is installed by using the built-in update mechanism. CA Personal Firewall Engine 1.2.276 and later are not affected. To ensure that the latest automatic update is installed on your computer, customers can view the Help>About screen in their CA Personal Firewall product and confirm that the engine version number is 1.2.276 or higher. For support information, visit http://shop.ca.com/support. How to determine if you are affected: 1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file "kmxfw.sys". By default, the file is located in the "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\" directory. 2. Right click on the file and select Properties. 3. Select the General tab. 4. If the file version is less than indicated in the below table, the installation is vulnerable. File Name Version Size (bytes) Date kmxfw.sys 6.5.5.18 115,216 March 14, 2008 Workaround: None References (URLs may wrap): CA Support: http://support.ca.com/ Security Notice for CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=182496 Solution Document Reference APARs: RO00535 CA Security Response Blog posting: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK kmxfw.sys Multiple Vulnerabilities community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/08/12.aspx Reported By: Tobias Klein (CVE-2008-2926) http://www.trapkit.de/ Elazar Broad (CVE-2008-3174) CVE References: CVE-2008-2926 - CA HIPS kmxfw.sys IOCTL http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2926 CVE-2008-3174 - CA HIPS kmxfw.sys denial of service http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3174 OSVDB References: Pending http://osvdb.org/ Changelog for this advisory: v1.0 - Initial Release Customers who require additional information should contact CA Technical Support at http://support.ca.com. For technical questions or comments related to this advisory, please send email to vuln AT ca DOT com. If you discover a vulnerability in CA products, please report your findings to our product security response team. https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=177782 Regards, Ken Williams ; 0xE2941985 Director, CA Vulnerability Research CA, 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11749 Contact http://www.ca.com/us/contact/ Legal Notice http://www.ca.com/us/legal/ Privacy Policy http://www.ca.com/us/privacy/ Copyright (c) 2008 CA. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj4DBQFIoduueSWR3+KUGYURAmmKAJ9FWl5gIZrbrGhg5CZ0NKzw0QE8qQCY+Qys ekQdlRjiIYnyp9WEqqGAxQ== =ltU4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----