ESA-2015-087 EMC Document Sciences xPression SQL Injection Vulnerability

ESA-2015-087 EMC Document Sciences xPression SQL Injection Vulnerability

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0540

Severity Rating: CVSSv2 Base Score: 8.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)

Affected products:  

? EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.2 
? EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.5 SP1

Summary:  

EMC Document Sciences xPression contains fixes for a SQL injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Details:

The xAdmin interface in EMC Document Sciences xPression contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to access or modify information on the affected system by causing execution of SQL commands on the server.

Resolution: 
The following versions contain resolution to this issue:
? EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.2 P44 or later
? EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.5 SP1P03 or later
EMC recommends that you are upgrade to one of the above versions or greater at the earliest opportunity.

Link to remedies:
The software patches can be obtained by submitting an upgrade request form from EMC Online Support - https://support.emc.com/products/3063_Document-Sciences-xPression-Enterprise-Edition---Publish-Engine/Topics/pg44043/.

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