ESA-2012-038: EMC NetWorker Format String Vulnerability

[Security Alert <Security_Alert@xxxxxxx>]

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ESA-2012-038: EMC NetWorker Format String Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2012-038

CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-2288 

Severity Rating: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


Affected products:

EMC NetWorker 7.6.3

EMC NetWorker 7.6.4

EMC NetWorker 8.0



Summary:

A format string vulnerability exists in the EMC NetWorker nsrd RPC service that 
could potentially be exploited by a malicious user to execute arbitrary code.


Details:

The nsrd  RPC service is the NetWorker binary responsible for managing save and 
recover operations, gathering statistics, and maintaining the NetWorker 
resource database. The availability of this NetWorker Server process is 
essential for the proper operation of the product. 

 

Under the context of an account running the NetWorker Server process, a remote 
malicious user could send a specially-crafted message that could  corrupt 
application memory and subsequently execute arbitrary code. 


Resolution:

The following EMC NetWorker products contain resolutions to this issue:

EMC NetWorker 7.6.4.1 and later
EMC NetWorker 8.0.0.1 and later

 

Link to remedies:


Registered EMC Online Support customers can download software from 
support.emc.com. 

Select ?Support by Product? and type 
?NetWorker?(https://support.emc.com/products/1095_NetWorker). From this page 
select ?Downloads?, ?Documentation? or ?Advisories? as required.


Credits: 

EMC would like to thank Aaron Portnoy via the Exodus Intelligence Program 
(http://www.exodusintel.com/eip) 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 that 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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