ESA-2013-016: EMC Smarts Network Configuration Manager

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ESA-2013-016: EMC Smarts Network Configuration Manager Improper Authentication 
Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2013-016

CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-0935

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

Affected products:  
EMC Smarts Network Configuration Manager (NCM) all versions prior 9.2

Summary:  
EMC Smarts NCM versions prior 9.2 contains a security vulnerability that could 
potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise an affected system.

Details:   
EMC Smarts NCM 9.2 contains fix for a vulnerability that could allow a 
malicious user to call certain supported Java Remote Method Invocation methods 
remotely without authentication.  

In addition, NCM System Management (SysAdmin) Console has known security 
vulnerabilities and EMC strongly advises customers to disable and not use this 
console until there is alternative solution from EMC. As a work around until 
there is such an alternative solution, the SysAdmin Console is not supported as 
of 9.2 release and is disabled by default.

Resolution: 
EMC Smarts NCM 9.2 contains the resolution to this issue. EMC strongly 
recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity and follow steps 
described in release notes to further secure NCM deployments.

Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Online Support customers can download software from 
support.emc.com by navigating to 
https://support.emc.com/products/6259_Smarts-Network-Configuration-Manager/Downloads/

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and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the 
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