CVE-2005-1693

Description

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.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.14% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory ca.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=32896	patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111686576416450&w=2	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014050	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/15470	third party advisory
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/vet.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13710	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://crm.my-etrust.com/login.asp?username=guest&target=DOCUMENT&openparameter=1588	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/15479	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1693?: CVE-2005-1693 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1693?: To fix CVE-2005-1693, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1693 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1693 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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