TITLE:
CA iGateway Debug Mode HTTP GET Request Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17085

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17085/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
CA iGateway 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/5821/
CA iGateway 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/5820/

DESCRIPTION:
Erika Mendoza has reported a vulnerability in CA iGateway, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing HTTP
GET requests. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and
allows arbitrary code execution.

Successful exploitation requires that debug mode is enabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0 and 4.0 released
prior to 2005-06-23.

Note: Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends that iGateway should not be run in debug mode.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Erika Mendoza

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www3.ca.com/threatinfo/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33485

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