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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900202
Category:Denial of Service
Title:CA kmxfw.sys Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities
Summary:CA Product(s) are prone to local code execution and denial of service (DoS); vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
CA Product(s) are prone to local code execution and denial of service (DoS)
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple flaws exist due to insufficient verification/validation of IOCTL
requests by the kmxfw.sys driver.

Vulnerability Impact:
A remote/local user can cause denial of service conditions or
execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IOCTL requests.

Affected Software/OS:
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

CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System r8

Solution:
Ensure the latest engine is installed by using the built-in update
mechanism and for Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System.

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2926
BugTraq ID: 30651
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651
Bugtraq: 20080812 CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK kmxfw.sys Multiple Vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020658
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020659
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020660
http://secunia.com/advisories/31434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339
XForce ISS Database: ca-kmxfw-privilege-escalation(44392)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44392
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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