ESA-2015-040: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities

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ESA-2015-040: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition Security Update for 
Multiple Vulnerabilities

CVE Identifier:  CVE-2015-0235, CVE-2015-0524, CVE-2015-0525 

Severity Rating: CVSSv2 Base Score: See below for individual scores for each CVE

Affected products:  

?       EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.02
?       EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.03

Summary:  

EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition (ESRS VE) contains multiple 
vulnerabilities that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise 
the affected system.

Details:
?       GHOST Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235)
On January 27, 2015, a vulnerability was publicly announced in the Linux glibc 
library. The researchers at Qualys discovered a heap-based buffer overflow 
(also known as "GHOST" vulnerability) in  glibc's __nss_hostname_digits_dots() 
function, which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc 
function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call to either of 
these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the 
permissions of the user running the applicationThis vulnerability has been 
assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID CVE-2015-0235. The 
details for this vulnerability can be found using the link to Qualys Advisory 
https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
?       SQL Injection (CVE-2015-0524)
The ESRS VE Gateway Provisioning service contains a SQL injection vulnerability 
that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to retrieve arbitrary data 
from the application or interfere with its logic by executing arbitrary SQL 
commands on the affected system.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
?       Command Injection (CVE-2015-0525)
The ESRS VE Gateway Provisioning service contains a command injection 
vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to execute 
arbitrary OS commands on the affected system.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Resolution: 
EMC recommends all customers upgrade to the following version at the earliest 
opportunity:
?       EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.04

Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from 
support.emc.com at: EMC Secure Remote Services -> EMC Secure Remote Services 
Virtual Edition -> Downloads
If you have any questions, contact EMC Support.

Credits:

EMC would like to thank Han Sahin (han.sahin@xxxxxxxxxxx) of Securify B.V. 
(https://www.securify.nl) for reporting CVE-2015-0524 and CVE-2015-0525.

Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in 
avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If 
you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software 
Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.

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

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