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TITLE:
EMC NetWorker Management Console Weak Authentication

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24362

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24362/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/2692/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in EMC NetWorker, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the Management Console using a
weak authentication mechanism when connecting to NetWorker backup
servers. This can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism
and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on affected
servers.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.3.2 Jumbo Update
1, Build 386.

SOLUTION:
Apply 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Build 386.
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Updates/732JumboUpdate1/README%20732%20Jumbo%20Update%201.txt

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
US-CERT credits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Computer Incident Response Team (N-CIRT) Lab.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Updates/732JumboUpdate1/README%20732%20Jumbo%20Update%201.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
US-CERT VU#498553:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498553

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