ESA-2015-137: EMC Atmos XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

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ESA-2015-137: EMC Atmos XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-137

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-4538

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:P)

Affected products:  
EMC Atmos 2.3.0 and earlier

Summary:  
EMC Atmos includes  a XML External Entity Injection vulnerability.

Details:  

EMC Atmos is affected by a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability 
due to   the configuration of the XML parser shipped with the product. A XXE 
Injection attack may occur when XML input containing a reference to an external 
entity is processed by an affected XML parser. XXE Injection might allow 
attackers to gain unauthorized access to files containing sensitive information 
or might be used to cause denial-of-service.

Resolution:  
The following EMC Atmos release contains the fix for this vulnerability:
?       EMC Atmos version 2.3.1.0
?       EMC Atmos version 2.2.3.0 with Hot Fix 2.2.3.426

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 

Link to remedies:
Customers must contact EMC Customer Technical Support for information about 
applying the hotfixes or upgrading.

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.

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