ESA-2015-069: EMC NetWorker Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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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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