ESA-2012-005: EMC NetWorker buffer overflow vulnerability

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ESA-2012-005: EMC NetWorker buffer overflow vulnerability. 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2012-005 
EMC Identifier: NW135173 

CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-0395 

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 

Affected products:
EMC NetWorker Server 7.5.x 
EMC NetWorker Server 7.6.x 

Vulnerability Summary: 
EMC NetWorker Server 7.5.x and 7.6.x contain a buffer overflow vulnerability 
which may possibly be exploited to cause a denial of service or, possibly, 
arbitrary code execution.
 
Vulnerability Details: 
EMC NetWorker Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a 
remote unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service or, possibly, execute 
arbitrary code. The vulnerability only impacts EMC NetWorker Server hosts.
 
Resolution: 
The following EMC NetWorker products contain resolutions to this issue:

EMC NetWorker 7.6.3 SP1 Cumulative Release build 851 

For installation instructions and details regarding all fixes included in this 
build, refer to the "NetWorker 7.6.3 Cumulative Hotfixes" document on 
Powerlink. Home > Products > Software E-O > NetWorker > Key 
Enhancements/Support Notes > NetWorker 7.6.

EMC strongly recommends, at the earliest opportunity, all customers upgrade the 
NetWorker Server to the latest version of the product which contains the 
resolution to this issue.

Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Powerlink customers can download software from Powerlink. For 
EMC NetWorker Software download page, navigate in Powerlink to Home > Support > 
Software Downloads and Licensing > Downloads J-O > NetWorker and select the 
applicable NetWorker version.

For EMC NetWorker Software documentation, navigate in Powerlink to Home > 
Support > Technical Documentation and Advisories > Software J-O Documentation > 
NetWorker Family > NetWorker and select the applicable NetWorker version.
 
Credits: 
EMC would like to thank Tal Zeltzer working with TippingPoint's Zero Day 
Initiative (http://www.zerodayinitiative.com) for reporting this issue.
 
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 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. 

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 
forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. EMC disclaims 
all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of 
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. 
In no event shall EMC or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever 
including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits 
or special damages, even if EMC or its suppliers have been advised of the 
possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or 
limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the 
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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