CVE-2006-3223

Description

Format string vulnerability in CA Integrated Threat Management (ITM), eTrust Antivirus (eAV), and eTrust PestPatrol (ePP) r8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a scan job with format strings in the description field.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.71% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory ca.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18689	vdb entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047423.html	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27374	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438503/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34325	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20856	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2565	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438582/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/26654	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016391	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3223?: CVE-2006-3223 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3223?: To fix CVE-2006-3223, 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-2006-3223 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3223 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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