ESA-2015-077: EMC SourceOne Email Management Account Lockout Policy Vulnerability
EMC Identifier: ESA-2015-077
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0531
Severity Rating: Medium CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.4 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Affected products:
• EMC SourceOne Email Management versions prior to 7.2
Summary:
EMC SourceOne Email Management contains fixes for a security vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to launch brute-force attacks and compromise user accounts
Details:
EMC SourceOne Email Management Search may be susceptible to brute-force attacks due to not implementing account lockout. An attacker could potentially exploit this to launch brute force attacks against user passwords and compromise user accounts.
Resolution:
The following EMC SourceOne Email Management release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities:
• EMC SourceOne Email Management version 7.2
EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Link to remedies:
Customers can download software from:
https://support.emc.com/downloads/433_SourceOne-Email-Management
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