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Computer Associates Message Queuing Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains if the remote CAM service is vulnerable to a DoS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to crash the remote messaging service.

Description :

The remote version of Computer Associates Message Queuing Service
is vulnerable to tow flaws which may lead to a denial of service :

- Improper handling of specially crafted TCP packets on port 4105
- Failure to handle spoofed UDP CAM requests

See also :

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

Solution :

Computer Associates has released a set of patches for CAM 1.05, 1.07
and 1.11.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 16475

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