CVE-2008-2926 Information

Description

The kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8 as used in CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall does not properly verify IOCTL requests which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted request.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/31434 http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36559 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020658 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020659 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020660 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44392