ESA-2014-055: EMC Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Session Fixation Vulnerability

ESA-2014-055: EMC Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Session Fixation Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2014-055 

CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-2509

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P)

Affected products:  
? EMC NCM versions prior to 9.3

Summary:  EMC NCM versions prior to 9.3 are vulnerable to session fixation vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.   

Details: 
The Report Advisor component in EMC NCM versions prior to 9.3 is vulnerable to session fixation vulnerability where the session cookie is set prior to authentication. An attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability by stealing a NCM user?s session and accessing the application with the NCM user?s privileges.  

Resolution:  
The following release contains the resolution to this issue:
? EMC NCM 9.3 or later

The vulnerable Report Advisor (RA) component has been removed in EMC NCM versions 9.3 or later. 

EMC recommends all customers using RA upgrade to the above versions listed at the earliest opportunity or uninstall RA alone, if not used.


Link to remedies:

Customers can download the software from https://support.emc.com/downloads/6259_Smarts-Network-Configuration-Manager


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