National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2241

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in caloggerd in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 allows remote attackers to append arbitrary data to arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in unspecified input fields, which are used in log messages. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution in many installation environments by writing to a startup file or configuration file.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=176798

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=176798

External Source: BID

Name: 29283

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29283

External Source: XF

Name: ca-arcservebackup-caloggerd-code-execution(42524)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42524

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020043

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020043

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080519 CA ARCserve Backup caloggerd and xdr Functions Vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492274/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080519 ZDI-08-027: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Arbitrary File Writing Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492266/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1573

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1573/references

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30300

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30300