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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.0734
HPSBGN03558 rev.1 - ArcSight ESM and ESM Express, Remote
Disclosure of Sensitive Information
21 March 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: HP ArcSight ESM
HP ArcSight ESM Express
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Operating System: Red Hat
SUSE
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1992
Original Bulletin:
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05048753
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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c05048753
Version: 1
HPSBGN03558 rev.1 - ArcSight ESM and ESM Express, Remote Disclosure of
Sensitive Information
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon
as possible.
Release Date: 2016-03-15
Last Updated: 2016-03-15
Potential Security Impact: Remote Disclosure of Sensitive Information
Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with ArcSight ESM and
ESM Express. The vulnerability could be remotely exploited to allow disclosure
of sensitive information.
References:
SSRT110019
CVE-2016-1992
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP ArcSight ESM Express - all versions
HP ArcSight ESM - all versions prior to v6.8c
BACKGROUND
For a PGP signed version of this security bulletin please write to:
security-alert@hp.com
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference Base Vector Base Score
CVE-2016-1992 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) 4.0
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002
The Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company thanks Nuno Matos of Portugal Telecom
for reporting this issue to security-alert@hpe.com
RESOLUTION
HPE has made the following software updates available to resolve this
vulnerability.
HP ArcSight ESM Express - update to v6.9.1
HP ArcSight ESM - update to v6.8c or later
The updates can be downloaded from: https://softwaresupport.hp.com/
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 15 March 2016 Initial release
Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be
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PV = ProCurve
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UX = HP-UX
System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to
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