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Most CA Software At Risk, Patches Available

Computer Associates on Wednesday patched a bug in licensing software...

         

pendanticist

7:06 am on Mar 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

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...used in virtually all its Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Unix titles after a pair of security firms released details of vulnerabilities that could let hackers hijack systems.

Wednesday, both Reston, Va.-based iDefense and Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based eEye Digital Security posted alerts describing a series of vulnerabilities within Computer Associates' License Management Software, a component in most of CA's products that's used to register software on the network and track licenses.

If exploited, the vulnerabilities could allows attackers to generate buffer overflows, and from there, run code of their choice on the machines.

[informationweek.securitypipeline.com...]