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Posted on 18 December 2015
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ESA-2015-148: EMC Isilon OneFS Security Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-148
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-4545
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected products:
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.0
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.0.0 - 7.2.0.3
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.0 - 7.1.1.7
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.0.x
Summary:
Code fixes for EMC Isilon OneFS are available to address a privilege escalation vulnerability in SmartLock compliance mode that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system.
Details:
EMC Isilon OneFS contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when SmartLock compliance mode is in use (see KB https://support.emc.com/kb/88677 for more details about SmartLock compliance mode). In SmartLock compliance mode, the system is designed to prevent root-level user logins to the system. However, this security vulnerability allows OneFS users with administrative privileges to create root-level users and log in to the system.
Resolution:
The following versions of EMC Isilon OneFS resolve this vulnerability:
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.1
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.0.4
• EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.8
In addition, Patch-156748 is available for customers running OneFS 7.2.0.2.
EMC recommends that all customers upgrade to a version containing the resolution, or install the patch, at the earliest opportunity.
Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download OneFS installation files from the Downloads for Isilon OneFS page of the EMC Online Support site at https://support.emc.com/downloads/15209_Isilon-OneFS.
Patch-156748 is available at: https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL60659
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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