__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Remote Upgrade Authentication Bypass [SYM07-003] April 12, 2007 12:00 GMT Number R-202 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Symantec Enterprise Security Manager is susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability. PLATFORM: AIX (4.3.1, 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2) AIX (5.1, 5.2) AIX 5L 5.1 (32-bit tested on 64-bit) AIX 5L 5.2 (32-bit tested on 32-bit) AIX 5L 5.3 (64-bit) HP Tru64/OSF-1 4.0D - 5.1A (Digital Unix) HP-UX (10.20, 11.0, 11i) (PA-RISC) HP-UX (11.0, 11.11i) (PA-RISC) HP-UX 10.20 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v2 (Itanium) NCR UNIX 3.2 (ESM 5.1 only w/SU7b updated in 2003) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (ES 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS (Xeon and Opteron) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 Itanium Red Hat Linux 8 Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Linux AS 3.0 64-bit (Itanium) Red Hat Linux AS 3.0 64-bit (Opteron and Xeon) Red Hat Linux WS 3.0 64-bit (Opteron and Xeon) All versions prior to 6.5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (x86) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (Itanium) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86) SUSE Linux Standard Server 8 (x86) Solaris 2.10 (SPARC) Solaris 2.10 (x86) Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) Windows 2000 Advanced Server w/SP1+ (x86) Windows 2000 Professional w/SP1+ (x86) Windows 2000 Server w/ SP1+ (x86) Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation w/SP6a+ Windows NT 4.0 Server w/SP6a+ Windows Server 2003 (Itanium) Windows Server 2003 (x86) (no SP) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (x86) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 (x86) Windows XP Professional w/SP1 (x86) Windows XP Professional (x86) (no SP) Windows XP Professional SP2 (x86) ESM manager platform ESM version AIX 4.2.1 AIX 4.3.1, 4.3.3 AIX 4.3.3 AIX 5L 5.1 AIX 5L 5.2 HP-UX (10.20, 11.0, and 11.11) (PA-RISC) HP-UX 10.20 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.0 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.23 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) (PA-RISC) Solaris 2.51 (SPARC) Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) Solaris 2.7 (SPARC) Solaris 2.8 (SPARC) Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1+ Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4+ Windows 2000 Professional SP1+ Windows 2000 Professional SP4+ Windows 2000 Server SP1+ Windows 2000 Server SP4+ Windows NT 4.0 Server w/SP6a+ Windows NT 4.0 Workstation w/SP6a+ Windows Server 2003 DAMAGE: Susceptible to a remote code execution. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is HIGH. Symantec Enterprise Security Manager is ASSESSMENT: susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-202.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04. 05d.html ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start SYM07-003 *****] SYM07-003 April 5, 2007 Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Remote Upgrade Authentication Bypass Revision History Added note clarifying that ESM 6.5.3 is not vulnerable. Severity High Remote Yes Local Access Yes Authentication Required No Exploit publicly available No Overview Symantec Enterprise Security Manager is susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability. Vulnerable Products The following supported ESM agent and manager platforms have patches available for immediate download. While the ESM manager is not vulnerable, it must be updated to work with the new agents. Note: ESM 6.5.3 already includes the fixes and is not vulnerable. ESM agent platform ESM version AIX (4.3.1, 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2) AIX (5.1, 5.2) AIX 5L 5.1 (32-bit tested on 64-bit) AIX 5L 5.2 (32-bit tested on 32-bit) AIX 5L 5.3 (64-bit) HP Tru64/OSF-1 4.0D - 5.1A (Digital Unix) HP-UX (10.20, 11.0, 11i) (PA-RISC) HP-UX (11.0, 11.11i) (PA-RISC) HP-UX 10.20 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v2 (Itanium) NCR UNIX 3.2 (ESM 5.1 only w/SU7b updated in 2003) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (ES 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS (Xeon and Opteron) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 Itanium Red Hat Linux 8 Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Linux AS 3.0 64-bit (Itanium) Red Hat Linux AS 3.0 64-bit (Opteron and Xeon) Red Hat Linux WS 3.0 64-bit (Opteron and Xeon) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (x86) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (Itanium) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86) SUSE Linux Standard Server 8 (x86) Solaris 2.10 (SPARC) Solaris 2.10 (x86) Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) Windows 2000 Advanced Server w/SP1+ (x86) Windows 2000 Professional w/SP1+ (x86) Windows 2000 Server w/ SP1+ (x86) Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation w/SP6a+ Windows NT 4.0 Server w/SP6a+ Windows Server 2003 (Itanium) Windows Server 2003 (x86) (no SP) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (x86) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 (x86) Windows XP Professional w/SP1 (x86) Windows XP Professional (x86) (no SP) Windows XP Professional SP2 (x86) All versions prior to 6.5.3 ESM manager platform ESM version AIX 4.2.1 AIX 4.3.1, 4.3.3 AIX 4.3.3 AIX 5L 5.1 AIX 5L 5.2 HP-UX (10.20, 11.0, and 11.11) (PA-RISC) HP-UX 10.20 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.0 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.23 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) (PA-RISC) Solaris 2.51 (SPARC) Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) Solaris 2.7 (SPARC) Solaris 2.8 (SPARC) Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1+ Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4+ Windows 2000 Professional SP1+ Windows 2000 Professional SP4+ Windows 2000 Server SP1+ Windows 2000 Server SP4+ Windows NT 4.0 Server w/SP6a+ Windows NT 4.0 Workstation w/SP6a+ Windows Server 2003 All version prior to 6.5.3 The following ESM Agents are not affected because they do not support remote upgrade. ESM agent platform ESM version NetWare 6.0 NetWare 6.5 OS/400 V5R2 OS/400 V5R3 OpenVMS AXP 7.2 OpenVMS AXP 7.3 All Details All versions of the Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) are vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. The vulnerability exists in the ESM agent remote upgrade interface. The ESM agent accepts remote upgrade requests from any entity that understands the upgrade protocol. The ESM agent does not currently verify that upgrades are from a trusted source. An attacker with knowledge of the agent protocol could deploy a piece of software that allows the attacker to control the host computer. The ESM agent runs with administrative privileges. Symantec Response Symantec has released downloadable automated and manual fixes for all supported ESM agents. To date, Symantec is not aware of any reported attempts to exploit this vulnerability. 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