ESA-2016-161: EMC Isilon OneFS LDAP Injection Vulnerability

EMC Product Security Response Center <Security_Alert@xxxxxxx> · Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:27:58 +0000

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ESA-2016-161: EMC Isilon OneFS LDAP Injection Vulnerability 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2016-161 

CVE Identifier:  CVE-2016-9870

Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.0 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected products:  
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.0.0
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.2
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.0.x
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.0 - 7.1.1.10
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.0.x

Summary:  
EMC Isilon OneFS is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious user to compromise the system.

Details: 
A malicious high-privileged local user may leverage the LDAP injection vulnerability by injecting an asterisk into a username in LDAP searches, which may enable the attacker to impersonate other users on the system.

Resolution:  
The following versions of EMC Isilon OneFS remediate this vulnerability:   
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.0.1 and later
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.3 and later
?	EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.11 and later
EMC recommends that all customers upgrade to a version containing the resolution at the earliest opportunity. If you cannot upgrade at this time, you can perform the workaround below.
Workaround:
Do not allow asterisks in user names. 

Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download OneFS installation files from the Downloads for Isilon OneFS page of the EMC Online Support site at https://support.emc.com/downloads/15209_Isilon-OneFS. 

If you have any questions, please contact EMC Support.

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