CVE-2011-1655
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 · uneditedThe management.asmx module in the Management Web Service in the Unified Network Control (UNC) Server in CA Total Defense (TD) r12 before SE2 sends a cleartext response to unspecified getDBConfigSettings requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain database credentials, and subsequently execute arbitrary code, by sniffing the network, related to the UNCWS Web Service.
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.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe management.asmx web service in CA Total Defense r12 before SE2 returns cleartext database credentials in response to getDBConfigSettings requests. Attackers can sniff network traffic to capture these credentials and subsequently execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= r12CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify CA Total Defense r12 is installedCheck the installed software version through the system control panel, registry, or installed programs list to confirm CA Total Defense r12 is presentAffected if The product CA Total Defense r12 is installed
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Determine the exact patch levelCheck the version/build number of the installed CA Total Defense r12 to see if it is before SE2 (Security Enhancement 2)Affected if The version is CA Total Defense r12 base or an earlier patch level prior to the SE2 update
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Confirm management.asmx web service is accessibleAttempt to access the management.asmx web service endpoint (typically at UNCWS/Management/management.asmx) via HTTP on the affected serverAffected if The management.asmx web service responds to HTTP requests without requiring SSL/TLS
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Verify SSL/TLS is not enforced on the web serviceCheck the IIS or web server configuration bindings for the UNCWS virtual directory to determine if HTTPS/SSL is not enabled or not enforcedAffected if The web service endpoint is configured for HTTP only or allows cleartext connections
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Capture network traffic to verify cleartext transmissionUse a network sniffer or packet capture tool on traffic to the management.asmx endpoint to observe if database credentials are transmitted in cleartextAffected if Network traffic to the management.asmx service contains readable database credentials without encryption
A user is affected if they have CA Total Defense r12 installed at a version prior to SE2 AND the management.asmx web service is accessible over unencrypted HTTP connections, allowing database credentials to be captured in cleartext network traffic.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataEnable TLS/SSL encryption on the UNCWS Management Web Service endpoint to protect responses from being transmitted in cleartext, or upgrade to CA Total Defense r12 SE2 or later which addresses this vulnerability.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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