BrightStor ARCserve Message Engine opnum 0x10d buffer overflow

Added: 10/18/2007
CVE: CVE-2007-5327
BID: 26015
OSVDB: 41369

Background

CA ARCserve Bac kup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) is a backup and recovery solution. It runs a Message Engine RPC service on port 6504/TCP by default.

Problem

A buffer overflow in BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted request with opnum 0x10d to the Message Engine RPC service.

Resolution

Apply one of the patches referenced in the Security Notice.

References

<http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482112&gt;

Limitations

Exploit works on CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5. The target’s NetBIOS name must be provided in order for the exploit to work on IPv6 targets.

Platforms

Windows