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Posted on 16 April 2015
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ESA-2015-069: EMC NetWorker Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-069
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0530
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected products:
• All versions of NetWorker prior to the following:
o EMC NetWorker 8.0.4.3
o EMC NetWorker 8.1.2.6
o EMC NetWorker 8.2.1.2
Summary:
EMC NetWorker contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by attackers to launch arbitrary programs on the affected system.
Details:
EMC NetWorker contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to using an unsafe function in the nsr_render_log command-line interface utility. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to launch arbitrary programs with root privileges on all EMC NetWorker managed hosts.
Resolution:
The following EMC NetWorker releases contain the resolution to this issue:
• EMC NetWorker 8.0.4.3 and later
• EMC NetWorker 8.1.2.6 and later
• EMC NetWorker 8.2.1.2 and later
EMC strongly recommends all customers to upgrade to the versions above at the earliest opportunity.
Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from the EMC Online Support website: https://support.emc.com
Credits:
EMC would like to thank CERT NRW for reporting this issue.
Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution emc218831. EMC recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
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