ESA-2015-040: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0235, CVE-2015-0524, CVE-2015-0525 Severity Rating: CVSSv2 Base Score: See below for individual scores for each CVE Affected products: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.02 EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.03 Summary: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition (ESRS VE) contains multiple vulnerabilities that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system. Details: GHOST Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235) On January 27, 2015, a vulnerability was publicly announced in the Linux glibc library. The researchers at Qualys discovered a heap-based buffer overflow (also known as "GHOST" vulnerability) in glibc's __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function, which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call to either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the applicationThis vulnerability has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID CVE-2015-0235. The details for this vulnerability can be found using the link to Qualys Advisory https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) SQL Injection (CVE-2015-0524) The ESRS VE Gateway Provisioning service contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to retrieve arbitrary data from the application or interfere with its logic by executing arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system. CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Command Injection (CVE-2015-0525) The ESRS VE Gateway Provisioning service contains a command injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands on the affected system. CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Resolution: EMC recommends all customers upgrade to the following version at the earliest opportunity: EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition 3.04 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 CVE-2015-0524 and CVE-2015-0525. Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867. 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. EMC Corporation distributes EMC Security Advisories, in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected EMC products, important security information. EMC recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. EMC disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event, shall EMC or its suppliers, be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if EMC or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the foregoing limitation may not apply. EMC Product Security Response Center security_alert@emc.com