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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2015.1847 ESA-2015-115: EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (VMs) Restriction Bypass Vulnerability 13 July 2015 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Publisher: EMC Operating System: Windows Virtualisation Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Console/Physical Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2015-4526 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- ESA-2015-115: EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (VMs) Restriction Bypass Vulnerability EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-115 CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-4526 Severity Rating: CVSSv2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Affected products: EMC RecoverPoint for VMs 4.2 Summary: EMC RecoverPoint for VMs 4.3 contains fixes for a restriction bypass vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. Details: EMC RecoverPoint for VMs contains a vulnerability that could potentially allow malicious users to bypass the restricted Installation Manager (Boxmgmt CLI) interface, gain shell access, and execute commands as root. Resolution: The following EMC release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities: EMC RecoverPoint for VMs 4.3 EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. Link to remedies: Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from https://support.emc.com. If you have any questions, please contact EMC Support. Credits: EMC would like to thank an anonymous researcher working with Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program (http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ssd.html) for reporting this issue Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. 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