ESA-2016-037: EMC PowerPath Management Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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ESA-2016-037: EMC PowerPath Management Appliance Information Disclosure 
Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2016-037

CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-0890

Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)  

Affected products:
EMC PowerPath Virtual (Management) Appliance 2.0
EMC PowerPath Virtual (Management) Appliance 2.0 SP1

Summary: 
EMC PowerPath Virtual Appliance is affected by a sensitive information 
disclosure vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by malicious users 
to compromise the affected system

Details: 
The service running on port 5672 (AMQP server) in PowerPath Virtual 
(Management) Appliance listens on both loopback and external interfaces. The 
external interface for this service is unnecessary but, when it is used, the 
messages are transmitted in plain text. A malicious user with access to exposed 
communication path may potentially sniff sensitive information, such as 
credentials, over this interface.

Resolution: 
The external interface has been disabled in EMC PowerPath Management Appliance 
version 2.1. Customers can either upgrade to this version or apply the 
workaround to remediate this issue.

The following EMC PowerPath Management Appliance release contains the 
resolution to this vulnerability:

EMC PowerPath Management Appliance version 2.1


Note: The ?PowerPath Virtual Appliance? has been renamed to ?PowerPath 
Management Appliance.?

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Workaround: 

If you are unable to upgrade to EMC PowerPath Management Appliance 2.1, the 
following workaround may be applied:

Disable AMQP port 5672 from external access using "iptables". Log in to the 
PowerPath Virtual (Management) Appliance as root and execute the following 
commands:

# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5672 -s <vApp IP> -j ACCEPT
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5672 -s localhost -j ACCEPT
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5672 -j DROP


Link to remedies:
Customers can download software from
https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL68867_PowerPath-Management-Appliance-2.1.zip?source=OLS


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 
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 
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