ESA-2015-077: EMC SourceOne Email Management Account Lockout

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ESA-2015-077: EMC SourceOne Email Management Account Lockout Policy 
Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-077

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0531

Severity Rating: Medium CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.4 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Affected products:  
?       EMC SourceOne Email Management versions prior to 7.2 

Summary:  
EMC SourceOne Email Management contains fixes for a security vulnerability that 
could potentially be exploited by an attacker to launch brute-force attacks and 
compromise user accounts 
Details:  

EMC SourceOne Email Management Search may be susceptible to brute-force attacks 
due to not implementing account lockout. An attacker could potentially exploit 
this to launch brute force attacks against user passwords and compromise user 
accounts. 

Resolution:  

The following EMC SourceOne Email Management release contains resolutions to 
these vulnerabilities:
?       EMC SourceOne Email Management version 7.2

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 

Link to remedies:

Customers can download software from:
https://support.emc.com/downloads/433_SourceOne-Email-Management

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 recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information 
to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set 
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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 
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