CA License Security Notice

Attention CA Customers:

License Patches Are Now Available To Address Buffer Overflows

Working closely with eEye Digital Security® and iDEFENSE, the

CA Technical Support team has resolved multiple vulnerability

issues recently discovered in the CA License software. Both

eEye and iDEFENSE have confirmed that these vulnerabilities

have been properly addressed. CA has made patches available

to any affected license users.

Buffer overflow conditions can potentially allow arbitrary

code to be executed remotely with local SYSTEM privileges.

This affects versions of the CA License software v1.53

through v1.61.8 on the specified platforms. Customers with

these vulnerable versions should upgrade to CA License 1.61.9

or higher. CA License patches that address these issues can

be downloaded from the link below.

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/reglic/downloads/licensepatch.asp#a
lp

CA strongly recommends the application of the appropriate CA

License patch.

Affected products:

The vulnerability exists if the CA License package version

on the system is between v1.53 and v1.61.8.

Affected platforms:

AIX, DEC, HP-UX, Linux Intel, Linux s/390, Solaris, Windows

and Apple Mac.

Determining CA License versions:

1. Obtain the CA License package version:

Windows: The CA license package version can be obtained by

checking the file version of lic98version.exe. Right click

on lic98version.exe, choose Properties, and then select the

Version tab.

Unix/Linux/Mac: Run lic98version from a command prompt to

print out the version number and/or write it to

lic98version.log.

OR

2. Obtain the version of the vulnerable file:

If the lic98version file does not exist on the system (which

may be the case with older versions of the license package),

check the version of the affected file itself:

Windows: Obtain the version of lic98rmt.exe by right-clicking

on the file, choosing Properties, and then selecting the

Version tab. The vulnerability exists if the version is

between 0.1.0.15 and 1.4.6.

Unix/Linux/Mac - Run strings licrmt | grep BUILD from a

Command prompt. The following string format will be returned:

"LICAGENT BUILD INFO = /x.x.x/Apr 16 2003/17:13:35", Where

x.x.x is the file version. The vulnerability exists if this

file version is between v1.0.15 thru v1.4.6.

Note the following default license install directories:

Windows: C:\CA_LIC or C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\CA_LIC

Unix/Linux/Mac: /opt/CA/ca_lic or /opt/CA/SharedComponents/ca_lic

Should you require additional information, please contact

CA Technical Support at http://supportconnect.ca.com.

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