CVE-2005-0581

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 46.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) License Client and Server 0.1.0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) certain long fields in the Checksum item in a GCR request, (2) a long IP address, hostname, or netmask values in a GCR request, (3) a long last parameter in a GETCONFIG packet, or (4) long values in a request with an invalid format.

Affected products

Broadcom License Software: 0.1.0.15

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979326828704&w=2
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/security_notice.asp
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=210&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=213&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=214&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=215&type=vulnerabilities
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979326828704&w=2
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/security_notice.asp
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=210&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=213&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=214&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=215&type=vulnerabilities

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