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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.0713
ESA-2014-027: RSA NetWitness and RSA Security Analytics
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
13 May 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: RSA NetWitness
RSA Security Analytics
Publisher: EMC
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0643
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ESA-2014-027: RSA NetWitness and RSA Security Analytics Authentication Bypass
Vulnerability
EMC Identifier: ESA-2014-027
CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-0643
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected Products: RSA NetWitness 9.8.5.17 or earlier, RSA Security Analytics
10.2.3 or earlier, RSA Security Analytics 10.3.1 or earlier
Unaffected Products: RSA Security Analytics 10.2.4 or greater, RSA Security
Analytics 10.3.2 or greater
Summary:
RSA NetWitness and RSA Security Analytics have a security fix to address an
authentication bypass vulnerability.
Details:
RSA NetWitness and RSA Security Analytics each contain a security fix for an
authentication bypass vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to
compromise the affected system. When PAM for Kerberos is enabled, an attacker
can authenticate to the vulnerable system with a valid user name and without
specifying a password. This issue does not affect other authentication
methods.
Further information about this resolution and other fixes can be found in
the Release Notes.
Recommendation:
RSA strongly recommends that RSA NetWitness and RSA Security Analytics
customers upgrade to versions listed below that contains the resolution for
this issue.
RSA NetWitness 9.8.5.19
RSA Security Analytics 10.2.4
RSA Security Analytics 10.3.2
Obtaining Documentation:
To obtain RSA documentation, log on to RSA SecurCare Online at
https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com and click Products in the top navigation
menu. Select the specific product whose documentation you want to obtain.
Scroll to the section for the product version that you want and click the set
link.
Severity Rating:
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Knowledge Base Article,
"Security Advisories Severity Rating" at
https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com/scolcms/knowledge.aspx?solution=a46604.
RSA 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.
Obtaining More Information:
For more information about RSA products, visit the RSA web site at
http://www.rsa.com.
Getting Support and Service:
For customers with current maintenance contracts, contact your local RSA
Customer Support center with any additional questions regarding this RSA
SecurCare Note. For contact telephone numbers or e-mail addresses, log on to
RSA SecurCare Online at https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com, click Help &
Contact, and then click the Contact Us - Phone tab or the Contact Us - Email
tab.
General Customer Support Information:
http://www.emc.com/support/rsa/index.htm
RSA SecurCare Online:
https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com
EOPS Policy:
RSA has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major
versions. Please refer to the link below for additional details.
http://www.emc.com/support/rsa/eops/index.htm
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