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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                              ASB-2010.0200.2
      A vulnerability has been identified in Novell Identity Manager
                             9 September 2010

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1
Operating System:     Windows Server 2008
                      Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
                      SUSE
                      Solaris
                      Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2.0 SP1 (64-bit)
Impact/Access:        Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution:           Mitigation
CVE Names:            CVE-2010-3264  
Member content until: Friday, October  1 2010

Revision History:     September 9 2010: Added CVE reference
                      September 1 2010: Initial Release

OVERVIEW

        A vulnerability has been identified in Novell Identity Manager version
        3.6.1.


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following details regarding this 
        vulnerability:
        
        "When installing Novell Identity Manager (IDM) the installer prompts 
        for credentials to the tree where IDM is being installed.  This is 
        done so that schema can be extended for the IDM product within 
        eDirectory.  A log file for the installation is written to 
        /tmp/idmInstall.log which contains the steps taken during the 
        installation and in some cases contains the credentials as entered by 
        the administrator." [1]


MITIGATION

        The vendor has provided the following advice to mitigate the risk of
        this vulnerability:
        
        "The log file is not needed by IDM or any other product after the 
        installation is complete and is used for troubleshooting failures 
        during the install.  It should be removed once the installation is 
        completed.  The file is, by default, at the following location:
        
        /tmp/idmInstall.log
        
        This location may change based on the system environment variables 
        but should be in the defined temporary directory in any case." [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] Security Vulnerability: Novell Identity Manager engine installation
            leaves admin tree credentials in a file.
            http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7006705

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