ESA-2013-092: EMC Replication Manager Unquoted File Path Enumeration Vulnerability

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ESA-2013-092: EMC Replication Manager Unquoted File Path Enumeration 
Vulnerability 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2013-092 

CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-6182

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)


Affected products:  

EMC Replication Manager versions prior to 5.5


Summary:  

EMC Replication Manager uses scripts that may include unquoted elements in file 
paths. 


Details:  

EMC Replication Manager allows a user to create scripts with unquoted element 
such as whitespace or other separators.  This may allow local malicious users 
to access resources in a parent path and execute them. 


Resolution:  

The following products contain the resolution to this issue:
?       EMC Replication Manager version 5.5.0 and later.

After upgrade, customers must re-write existing user scripts to fully mitigate 
the vulnerability. See Replication Manager Administrator?s Guide (P/N 
302-000-519) and refer to the Replication Manager Online Help for instructions 
how to create scripts. 

EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity to 
version 5.5 or higher and apply steps above.


Link to remedies:

Customers can download software from https://support.emc.com/products/1293.



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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