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EMC NetWorker Management Console Weak Authentication
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24362
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Release Date:
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2007-03-05
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Last Update:
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2007-03-06
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Popularity:
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6,647 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3892
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in EMC NetWorker, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Management Console using a weak authentication mechanism when connecting to NetWorker backup servers. This can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on affected servers.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Build 386.
Solution:
Apply 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Build 386.
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Up...README%20732%20Jumbo%20Update%201.txt
Provided and/or discovered by:
US-CERT credits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Computer Incident Response Team (N-CIRT) Lab.
Changelog:
2007-03-06: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Up...README%20732%20Jumbo%20Update%201.txt
Other References:
US-CERT VU#498553:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498553
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