ESA-2013-037: EMC AlphaStor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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ESA-2013-037: EMC AlphaStor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2013-037

EMC Identifier: NW150511

CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-0946 

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

Affected product:  
?       EMC AlphaStor 4.0 build 116 and later

Summary:  
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in EMC AlphaStor that could potentially 
be exploited by a malicious user to create a denial of service condition or 
execute arbitrary code. 

Details:  
A vulnerability in the AlphaStor Library Control Program (LCP) can cause a 
buffer overflow when processing commands. This vulnerability could be exploited 
by an unauthenticated remote user to create a denial of service condition or 
execute arbitrary code.

Resolution:  
The following EMC AlphaStor product contains a resolution to this issue:
?       EMC AlphaStor 4.0 build 910 and later

EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade to above build at the earliest 
opportunity.


Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Online Support customers can download software from 
support.emc.com. 
Select ?Support by Product? and type ?AlphaStor?(Direct link AlphaStor). From 
this page select ?Downloads?, ?Documentation? or ?Advisories? as required.

Credits:
EMC would like to thank Aniway.Anyway@xxxxxxxxx working with TippingPoint's 
Zero Day Initiative (http://www.zerodayinitiative.com) for reporting this issue.

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