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CA20191015-01: Security Notice for CA Performance Management

Issued: October 15th, 2019
Last Updated: October 15th, 2019

CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company, is alerting customers to a
potential risk with CA Performance Management. A vulnerability exists
that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. CA
published solutions to address the vulnerabilities and recommends
that all affected customers implement these solutions.

The vulnerability, CVE-2019-13657, occurs due to default credentials
and a configuration weakness. A malicious actor may use the default
credentials and exploit a weakness in the configuration to execute
arbitrary commands on the Performance Center server.

Risk Rating

High

Platform(s)

All supported platforms

Affected Products

NetOps 19.1 and prior

Component Version(s) Affected:

CA Performance Management 3.7.x prior to 3.7.4
CA Performance Management 3.6.x prior to 3.6.9
CA Performance Management 3.5.x

How to determine if the installation is affected

Customers may use the product version to determine if their product
installation is affected.

Solution

CA Technologies published the following solutions to address the
vulnerabilities. Customers should also review Firewall and
Connectivity Considerations at
https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-7/en
located under the Installing -> Review Installation Requirements and
Considerations section. As always we recommend that you follow good
password management for all passwords within the system.

CA Performance Management 3.7.x:
Update to Performance Management 3.7.4 or later.
Review the 3.7.x upgrade steps and MySQL password guidance located
at https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-7/en under
the Upgrading -> Upgrade Performance Center section.

CA Performance Management 3.6.x:
Update to Performance Management 3.6.9 or later. Alternatively,
customers may update to 3.7.4 or later.
Review the 3.6.x upgrade steps and MySQL password guidance located
at https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-6/en under
the Upgrading -> Upgrade Performance Center section.

CA Performance Management 3.5.x:
Update to Performance Management 3.7.4 or later.
Review the 3.7.x upgrade steps and MySQL password guidance located
at https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-7/en under
the Upgrading -> Upgrade Performance Center section.
For explicit 3.5.x guidance on changing the password for MySQL,
review the steps located at
https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-5/en under
the Upgrading -> Upgrade Performance Center section.

References

CVE-2019-13657 - Performance Management default credentials

Acknowledgement

CVE-2019-13657 - Hendrik Van Belleghem

Change History

Version 1.0: 2019-10-15 - Initial Release

CA customers may receive product alerts and advisories by subscribing
to Proactive Notifications on the support site.

Customers who require additional information about this notice may
contact CA Technologies Support at https://casupport.broadcom.com/

To report a suspected vulnerability in a CA Technologies product,
please send a summary to CA Technologies Product Vulnerability
Response at ca.psirt <AT> broadcom.com

Security Notices, PGP key, and disclosure policy and guidance
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/ca-psirt

Kevin Kotas
CA Product Security Incident Response Team

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