ESA-2016-160: EMC Data Domain DD OS Command Injection Vulnerability

ESA-2016-160: EMC Data Domain DD OS Command Injection Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2016-160

CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-8216

Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 

Affected products:
EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) 5.4 all versions
EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) 5.5 family all versions prior to 5.5.5.0
EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) 5.6 family all versions prior to 5.6.2.0
EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) 5.7 family all versions prior to 5.7.2.10

Summary: 
EMC Data Domain DD OS has been updated to fix a command injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Details: 
A rogue administrator may potentially bypass the Data Domain restricted shell (ddsh) to gain shell access, and execute commands as root.
 
Resolution: 
The following EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) release contains a resolution to this vulnerability:

EMC Data Domain DD OS 5.7 family version 5.7.2.10 and later

EMC Data Domain DD OS 5.6 family version 5.6.2.0  and later

EMC Data Domain DD OS 5.5 family version 5.5.5.0 and later

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity


Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from EMC Online Support at https://support.emc.com/downloads/32697_DD-OS

Credit:
EMC would like to thank Geoffrey Janjua from Northrop Grumman for reporting this vulnerability.



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