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Alert Notification ServerApplication · Broadcom

CVE-2007-3825

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2007-07-18
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RPC implementation in alert.exe before 8.0.255.0 in CA (formerly Computer Associates) Alert Notification Server, as used in Threat Manager for the Enterprise, Protection Suites, certain BrightStor ARCserve products, and BrightStor Enterprise Backup, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending certain data to unspecified RPC procedures.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Alert Notification ServerApplication
Affected:all versions
Brightstor Arcserve BackupApplication
Affected:= 9.01= 11.1= 11.5
Brightstor Enterprise BackupApplication
Affected:= 10.5
Anti Virus For The EnterpriseApplication
Affected:= 8
Brightstor Arcserve BackupApplication
Affected:= 11
Brightstor Arcserve ClientApplication
Affected:all versions
Protection SuitesApplication
Affected:= r3
Threat ManagerApplication
Affected:= 8

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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dbcve · scoped
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Vendor patch secunia.com →
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Alert Notification Server version 8.0.255.0 (or later) which contains the patched alert.exe

  1. 1. Identify the specific CA (Computer Associates) product and version running in your environment from the affected list: Alert Notification Server, Brightstor Arcserve Backup (versions 9.01, 11, 11.1, 11.5), Brightstor Enterprise Backup (10.5), Anti Virus for the Enterprise (8), Brightstor Arcserve Client, Protection Suites (r3), or Threat Manager (8).
  2. 2. Locate and apply the vendor patch for this vulnerability. According to the vendor, the fix is incorporated in alert.exe version 8.0.255.0 or later.
  3. 3. Contact CA Technologies (now Broadcom) support at https://support.ca.com/ to obtain the specific patch for your product version, as the Secunia advisory URL provided (secunia.com/advisories/26088) may no longer be accessible.
  4. 4. After patching, verify the alert.exe version is 8.0.255.0 or higher by checking file properties of the alert.exe binary.
  5. 5. Restart the Alert Notification Server service to ensure the patched executable is loaded.
Caveat This is a very old (2007) vulnerability affecting legacy CA/Brightstor products. Some of these products may be end-of-life and no longer supported by Broadcom (formerly CA Technologies). Ensure compatibility with your overall environment before applying patches to legacy systems.

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