ESA-2015-152: RSA Web Threat Detection Multiple Vulnerabilities

ESA-2015-152: RSA Web Threat Detection Multiple Vulnerabilities

EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-152

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-4547, CVE-2015-4548
 
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score:  View details below for individual CVSS v2 scores
 
 
Affected Products:
 
·         RSA® Web Threat Detection software versions prior to 5.1 SP1
 
Summary: 
RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.1 SP1 contains fixes for multiple vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
 
Details:
The vulnerabilities addressed in RSA Web Threat Detection 5.1 SP1 are:
 
·         Sensitive Information Exposure - CVE-2015-4547
The password for RSA Web Threat Detection’s AnnoDB database is stored in cleartext in a system configuration file. Attacker with read access to the file can potentially obtain the password and may compromise the database.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
 
·         Privilege escalation - CVE-2015-4548
Under certain conditions, it is possible for a user with a service account to run commands as root by inserting commands in a service configuration file.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
 
Recommendation:
The following RSA Web Threat Detection release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities:
 
·         RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.1 SP1
 
RSA recommends all customers upgrade to this version at the earliest opportunity.
 
Severity Rating:
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Knowledge Base Article, “Security Advisories Severity Rating” at https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com/scolcms/knowledge.aspx?solution=a46604. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

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Severity Rating:
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Knowledge Base Article, “Security Advisories Severity Rating” at https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com/scolcms/knowledge.aspx?solution=a46604. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

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http://www.emc.com/support/rsa/eops/index.htm

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