ESA-2011-021: EMC Data Protection Advisor sensitive information disclosure vulnerability

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ESA-2011-021: EMC Data Protection Advisor sensitive information disclosure 
vulnerability.

EMC Identifier: ESA-2011-021

CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-1742

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected products:

EMC SW: EMC Data Protection Advisor earlier than 5.8.1


Vulnerability Summary: 
  
A vulnerability exists in EMC Data Protection Advisor in which sensitive 
information may be exposed in clear text in the configuration file. 


Vulnerability Details: 
  
In certain situations, sensitive account credentials may potentially be 
displayed in clear text in the DPA configuration file. The credentials are not 
stored in clear text by default or during normal operation of the product. 
Review EMC Knowledgebase solution <A 
href="http://solutions.emc.com/emcsolutionview.asp?id=esg122538";>esg122538</A> 
to determine if your existing installation has already been exposed to this 
issue.  

Problem Resolution: 
  
The following EMC Data Protection Advisor products contain resolution to this 
issue: 
 
EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.7.1 (Hot Fix DPA-9792)  
EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8 (Hot Fix DPA-9792)  
EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8.1  

EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade and/or apply identified security 
hot fixes at the earliest opportunity. Customers may also follow instructions 
provided in EMC Knowledgebase solution esg122538 to mitigate existing instances 
of the issue. Security hot fixes must be applied to prevent any future 
instances of the issue.  


Link to remedies:  
Registered EMC Powerlink customers can download software from Powerlink. 
For Data Protection Advisor Software, navigate in Powerlink to Home > Support > 
Software Downloads and Licensing > Downloads D > Data Protection Advisor. 

Please contact EMC Technical Support at 1-800-782-4362  for obtaining the Hot 
Fixes.  

Because the view is restricted based on customer agreements, you may not have 
permission to view certain downloads. Should you not see a software download 
you believe you should have access to, follow the instructions in EMC 
Knowledgebase solution emc116045.

For explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution 
emc218831. EMC recommends that 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.

EMC Corporation distributes EMC Security Advisories in order to bring to the 
attention of users of the affected EMC products important security information. 
EMC recommends all users determine the applicability of this information to 
their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set 
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or special damages, even if EMC or its suppliers have been advised of the 
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foregoing limitation may not apply.

EMC Product Security Response Center
Security_Alert@xxxxxxx
http://www.emc.com/contact-us/contact/product-security-response-center.htm

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