ESA-2015-084: EMC AutoStart Packet Injection Vulnerability

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ESA-2015-084: EMC AutoStart Packet Injection Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-084

CVE Identifier:  CVE-2015-0538

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

Affected products: 
?       EMC AutoStart versions 5.4.3 and prior (all platforms)
?       EMC AutoStart versions 5.5.0 and prior (all platforms)

Summary:  
EMC AutoStart is vulnerable to a packet injection vulnerability that could 
potentially be leveraged by a malicious attacker to run arbitrary commands 
remotely and compromise affected AutoStart nodes.


Details: 
EMC AutoStart is vulnerable to a packet injection vulnerability due to insecure 
communication between the nodes of AutoStart cluster. By sending a specifically 
crafted packet to the AutoStart agent (ftagent.exe ) running on the remote 
system, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands with the highest privilege 
level of the affected system (NT / Authority System privilege for Windows and 
root  privilege for Linux platforms).  Exploitation of this vulnerability 
requires an attacker to know the Autostart domain name (if no default value is 
used) and the node list. 

Resolution: 
EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade to the version listed below at 
the earliest opportunity:

?       EMC Autostart 5.5.0.508 (HF4)  

Link to remedies:
Please contact EMC Technical Support to request the hot fix (reference hotfix 
1073, service alert 1078). 

Internal note only:
This hotfix is posted on http://sps.eng.emc.com and is available to EMC 
Technical Support to download and provide to the customer. Reference:  hotfix 
1073, service alert 1078.

Credits:

EMC would like to thank CERT/CC (cert@xxxxxxxx) for reporting this issue to us. 
We would also like to acknowledge Aniway.Anyway@xxxxxxxxx and Anonymous working 
with HP?s Zero Day Initiative and Brian Gorenc of HP?s Zero Day Initiative who 
independently reported this issue to us.


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
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