Heap-based buffer overflow in SW3eng.exe in the eID Engine service in CA (formerly Computer Associates) eTrust Intrusion Detection…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in SW3eng.exe in the eID Engine service in CA (formerly Computer Associates) eTrust Intrusion Detection 3.0.5.57 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long key length value to the remote administration port (9191/tcp).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• ADV-2007-0776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 32290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/eid_secnotice.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 24309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20070228 [CAID 35112]: CA eTrust Intrusion Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070227 Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:43 UTC.