ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm 5.x Vet Antivirus Engine VetE.dll integer coercion

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A vulnerability was found in ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm 5.x (Firewall Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block in the library VetE.dll of the component Vet Antivirus Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library, as used by CA InoculateIT 6.0, eTrust Antivirus r6.0 through 7.1, eTrust Antivirus for the Gateway r7.0 and r7.1, eTrust Secure Content Manager, eTrust Intrusion Detection, BrightStor ARCserve Backup (BAB) r11.1, Vet Antivirus, Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Security Suite, and ZoneAlarm Antivirus, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a compressed VBA directory with a project name length of -1, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 05/23/2005. The weakness was published 05/24/2005 by Alex Wheeler with rem0te.com (Website). The advisory is available at rem0te.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1693 since 05/24/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at rem0te.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20174 (CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at zonelabs.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20686) and Tenable (20174). Similar entries are available at 1507, 1502, 1503 and 1504.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 20174
Nessus Name: CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: zonelabs.com

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Advisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Organization: rem0te.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1693 (🔍)
X-Force: 20686
SecurityTracker: 1014050
Vulnerability Center: 8126 - Integer Overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus via VBA Directory Project Name Length, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13710 - Computer Associates Vet Library Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 15479 - Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Vet Antivirus Engine Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16780 - CA Vet Antivirus library buffer overflow

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Created: 06/01/2005 14:59
Updated: 07/03/2019 09:58
Changes: 06/01/2005 14:59 (84), 07/03/2019 09:58 (9)
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