ESA-2012-005: EMC NetWorker buffer overflow vulnerability

ESA-2012-005: EMC NetWorker buffer overflow vulnerability. 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2012-005 
EMC Identifier: NW135173 

CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-0395 

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 

Affected products:
EMC NetWorker Server 7.5.x 
EMC NetWorker Server 7.6.x 

Vulnerability Summary: 
EMC NetWorker Server 7.5.x and 7.6.x contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which may possibly be
exploited to cause a denial of service or, possibly, arbitrary code execution.
 
Vulnerability Details: 
EMC NetWorker Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote unauthenticated
user to cause a denial of service or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability only impacts
EMC NetWorker Server hosts.
 
Resolution: 
The following EMC NetWorker products contain resolutions to this issue:

EMC NetWorker 7.6.3 SP1 Cumulative Release build 851 

For installation instructions and details regarding all fixes included in this build, refer to the
"NetWorker 7.6.3 Cumulative Hotfixes" document on Powerlink. Home > Products > Software E-O > NetWorker
> Key Enhancements/Support Notes > NetWorker 7.6.

EMC strongly recommends, at the earliest opportunity, all customers upgrade the NetWorker Server to the
latest version of the product which contains the resolution to this issue.

Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Powerlink customers can download software from Powerlink. For EMC NetWorker Software
download page, navigate in Powerlink to Home > Support > Software Downloads and Licensing > Downloads J-O
> NetWorker and select the applicable NetWorker version.

For EMC NetWorker Software documentation, navigate in Powerlink to Home > Support > Technical
Documentation and Advisories > Software J-O Documentation > NetWorker Family > NetWorker and select the
applicable NetWorker version.
 
Credits: 
EMC would like to thank Tal Zeltzer working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
(http://www.zerodayinitiative.com) for reporting this issue.
 
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For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution emc218831. EMC 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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affected EMC products important security information. EMC recommends all users determine the
applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The
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