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CA eTrust Intrusion Detection System Key Exchange Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains if eTrust Intrusion Detection System is vulnerable to a Denial of Service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to crash the remote IDS service.

Description :

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

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a Denial of Service
vulnerability in the way it handles session keys.
A possible hacker can exploit this issue to crash the remote service by sending
a specially crafted administration packet.

Solution :

Upgrade to version 2.0.0.41/3.0.2.07/3.0.5.80

See also :

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

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 3.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 22743

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security, Inc

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