SB2017092201 - Multiple vulnerabilities in EMC products
Published: September 22, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017092201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Directory traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8007)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to access information on the target system.The weakness exists due to directory traversal in Webservice Gateway. A remote attacker can with knowledge of Webservice Gateway credentials can supply specially crafted strings in input parameters of the web service call to access, modify or delete data.
2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8012)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to input validation flaw. A remote attacker can with knowledge of JMX agent user credentials can leverage inherent JMX protocol capabilities to create arbitrary files and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.