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DSA-2018-095: Dell EMC RecoverPoint Multiple Vulnerabilities

EMC Identifier:  DSA-2018-095

CVE Identifier: CVE-2018-1235, CVE-2018-1241, CVE-2018-1242

Severity Rating: CVSS Base Score: See below for CVSSv3 Scores.

Affected products: 
Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2
Dell EMC RecoverPoint Virtual Machine (VM) versions prior to 5.1.1.3

Summary:  
Dell EMC RecoverPoint addresses multiple security vulnerabilities which may potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Details:
Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1235

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contain a command injection vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with root privilege.

CVSSv3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

LDAP Password Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1241

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, under certain conditions, may leak LDAP password in plain-text into the RecoverPoint log file. An authenticated malicious user with access to the RecoverPoint log files may obtain the exposed LDAP password to use it in further attacks.

CVSSv3 Base Score: 6.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Authenticated Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1242

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contains a command injection vulnerability in the Boxmgmt CLI. An authenticated malicious user with boxmgmt privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read RPA files. Note that files that require root permission cannot be read.

CVSSv3 Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Resolution:  
The following Dell EMC RecoverPoint releases addresses these vulnerabilities: 

Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.1.1.3 and later

Dell EMC RecoverPoint 5.1.2 and later

Dell EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. In addition, to fully mitigate CVE-2018-1241, customers are recommended to change their LDAP passwords.

Note: It is a security best practice to change any default system passwords to strong and unique values. Refer to RecoverPoint Security Configuration Guide for details. Refer to Dell EMC Knowledge Base Article 520937 for instructions on how to change default root password in RecoverPoint systems.

Link To Remedies:  
Customers can download software from EMC Online Suport at https://support.emc.com/search/?text=RecoverPoint&searchLang=en_US&facetResource=DOWN

Credits:
Dell EMC would like to thank Paul Taylor (@bao7uo) from Foregenix Ltd for reporting these vulnerabilities.

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the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software Technical 
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take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential 
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