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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.0736 ESA-2017-010: EMC RecoverPoint SSL Stripping Vulnerability 21 March 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: EMC RecoverPoint Publisher: EMC Operating System: Virtualisation Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-6650 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- ESA-2017-010: EMC RecoverPoint SSL Stripping Vulnerability EMC Identifier: ESA-2017-010 CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-6650 Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: CVSS v3 Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). Affected products: EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0 EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.0 Summary: EMC RecoverPoint update contains a fix for a SSL Stripping Vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. Details: The Unisphere for RecoverPoint management interface does not enforce SSL encryption from the client side. A man-in-the-middle attacker may trick the Unisphere for RecoverPoint browser to send information like login credentials in plain text. RecoverPoint 5.0 now supports HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to mitigate this issue. It can be enabled with a configuration change. For more information, see RecoverPoints Security Configuration Guide and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Security Configuration Guide. Resolution: The following EMC RecoverPoint releases contain resolutions to these vulnerabilities: EMC RecoverPoint 5.0 EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.0 EMC recommends all customers upgrade to one of the above versions at the earliest opportunity. Customers are strongly advised to limit administrator privileges to trusted users and change default passwords to minimize the risk. See Security Configuration Guide for details. Link to remedies: Customers can download software from: https://support.emc.com/search/?text=RecoverPoint&searchLang=en_US&facetResource=DOWN Credits: EMC would like to thank Mike Erman, Jack Baker and Joshua Burbrink from Northrop Grumman for reporting this vulnerability [The following is standard text included in all security advisories. Please do not change or delete.] 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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