ESA-2015-106: EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager/Provisioning (UIM/P) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

ESA-2015-106: EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager/Provisioning (UIM/P) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-106

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0546

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected products: 
•    EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager/Provisioning (UIM/P) 4.1

Summary: 
EMC UIM/P 4.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Details: 
EMC UIM/P contains an authentication bypass vulnerability when configured to use LDAP authentication.  An attacker with knowledge of a valid username could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to UIM/P systems.

Resolution: 
The following EMC UIM/P hotfix contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities:
•    EMC UIM/P LDAP Authentication Hotfix

EMC recommends all customers apply the hotfix at the earliest opportunity.

Link to remedies:

Customers can download software from EMC Online Support Site: https://support.emc.com

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