CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System Key Exchange Remote DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 24733

Synopsis

It is possible to crash the remote IDS service.

Description

The remote host is running CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System, a security solution with intrusion detection, antivirus, web filtering and session monitoring.

The remote version of this software is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the way it handles session keys. An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the remote service by sending a specially crafted administration packet.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.0.41, 3.0.2.07 or 3.0.5.80.

See Also

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/eid_secnotice.asp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24733

File Name: etrust_dos2.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/28/2007

Updated: 7/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: eTrust/intrusion_detection_system

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1005

BID: 22743