ESA-2015-097: EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS) Virtual Edition (VE) Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

ESA-2015-097: EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS) Virtual Edition (VE) Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0543, CVE-2015-0544

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: See below for individual scores for each CVE

Affected products: 

•    ESRS VE version 3.02
•    ESRS VE version 3.03
•    ESRS VE version 3.04

Summary:  ESRS VE version 3.06  contains security fixes for multiple vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by malicious uses to compromise the affected system

Details:

ESRS VE version 3.06 includes updates to address the following security vulnerabilities:

1.    Insufficient Certificate Validation (CVE-2015-0543)

ESRS VE does not properly validate certificates. Malicious users could potentially exploit this vulnerability to spoof trusted entities by using man-in-the-middle attacks.

CVSSv2 Base Score: 5.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

2.    Cookie Generated with Insufficient Randomness (CVE-2015-0544)

Session cookie used by ESRS VE is generated using insufficient random values. Malicious users could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to authenticated ESRS interfaces.

CVSSv2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Resolution:
The following ESRS VE release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities:

•    ESRS VE version 3.06
EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from support.emc.com at: EMC Secure Remote Services -> EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition -> Downloads
If you have any questions, contact EMC Support.
Credits:

EMC would like to thank Han Sahin (han.sahin@securify.nl) of Securify B.V. (https://www.securify.nl) for reporting these issues.


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