DSA-2020-160: Dell EMC Avamar and NetWorker Security Update for Multiple Component Vulnerabilities

Summary: Multiple components within Dell EMC Avamar and NetWorker require a security update to address various vulnerabilities.

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Impact

Critical

Details

Summary: 
Multiple components within Dell EMC Avamar and NetWorker require a security update to address various vulnerabilities.

This security patch is a set of security updates for various third-party software components installed on the Avamar and NetWorker nodes. The patch addresses multiple security vulnerabilities in those components. The patch applies to all Avamar and NetWorker Products running on the SLES platforms listed above. The products include Avamar single-node servers, multi-node servers, accelerator nodes, Avamar Virtual Edition systems, NetWorker Virtual Edition systems, Avamar Combined Proxy, Avamar Plug-in for vCloud Director.

This security patch also updates Java JRE to version 8u251 for Avamar Server 7.4 and later, Avamar Proxy 7.5.0 and later, NetWorker Virtual Edition 18.x and later, Dell EMC vCloud Director Data Protection Extension versions 2.0.6 and later, Dell EMC Avamar NDMP Accelerator 7.4 and later.

This security patch also updates Tomcat to version 8.5.53 for Avamar Server 7.4 and later.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE
This security patch is a set of security updates for various third-party software components installed on the Avamar and NetWorker nodes. The patch addresses multiple security vulnerabilities in those components. The patch applies to all Avamar and NetWorker Products running on the SLES platforms listed above. The products include Avamar single-node servers, multi-node servers, accelerator nodes, Avamar Virtual Edition systems, NetWorker Virtual Edition systems, Avamar Combined Proxy, Avamar Plug-in for vCloud Director.

This security patch also updates Java JRE to version 8u251 for Avamar Server 7.4 and later, Avamar Proxy 7.5.0 and later, NetWorker Virtual Edition 18.x and later, Dell EMC vCloud Director Data Protection Extension versions 2.0.6 and later, Dell EMC Avamar NDMP Accelerator 7.4 and later.

This security patch also updates Tomcat to version 8.5.53 for Avamar Server 7.4 and later.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products & Remediation

Affected products:

  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4T with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 19.2 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 19.3 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 (including Azure and AWS deployments since 7.5.1)
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 19.2 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 (including Azure and AWS deployments)
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 19.3 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 (including Azure and AWS deployments)
  • Dell EMC Avamar NDMP Accelerator 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1, SP3 and 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar VMware Image Proxy versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar VMware Image Proxy versions 7.5.1 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) versions 18.x and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 or SP4
  • Dell EMC vCloud Director Data Protection Extension versions 2.0.6 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5


Note:
The CVEs remedied by this security update are listed in the Release Notes.  The Release Notes list not only the new CVEs remedied by this update, but all the past CVEs included in this cumulative update.

For Dell EMC Avamar Servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1/SP3, that the OS versions are end of life, the security update only remedies CVEs which SUSE remedies and updates some third party packages, such as JRE and Tomcat. It is recommended to upgrade Avamar servers to SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 prior to applying the OS Security Update.


Apply the platform security patch to Avamar software version 7.4 and later and to NetWorker Virtual Edition.

The following platform security patch packages are now available to be installed:

The Security Update for Avamar Virtual Edition and NetWorker Virtual Edition is customer installable. Refer to  link to remedies  below for download and installation instructions.

The installation process involves shutting down the server software, rebooting all the nodes, and restarting the server software, and so appropriate time needs to be scheduled and allocated to perform this full process.

Dell EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

To schedule platform security patch installation, or to upgrade your server, contact Dell EMC Customer Support at https://support.emc.com/.
Refer to the following KB Articles for Security Update (Rollup) Installation instructions:


Release Notes:
https://support.emc.com/docu98255_Avamar-Platform-OS-Security-Patch-Rollup-2020-Release-Notes.pdf?language=en_US
 

Affected products:

  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4T with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 19.2 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar Server hardware appliance Gen4S/Gen4T with versions 19.3 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 (including Azure and AWS deployments since 7.5.1)
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 19.2 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 (including Azure and AWS deployments)
  • Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition versions 19.3 running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 (including Azure and AWS deployments)
  • Dell EMC Avamar NDMP Accelerator 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1, SP3 and 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC Avamar VMware Image Proxy versions 7.4 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Avamar VMware Image Proxy versions 7.5.1 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4
  • Dell EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) versions 18.x and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 or SP4
  • Dell EMC vCloud Director Data Protection Extension versions 2.0.6 and later running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
  • Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5


Note:
The CVEs remedied by this security update are listed in the Release Notes.  The Release Notes list not only the new CVEs remedied by this update, but all the past CVEs included in this cumulative update.

For Dell EMC Avamar Servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1/SP3, that the OS versions are end of life, the security update only remedies CVEs which SUSE remedies and updates some third party packages, such as JRE and Tomcat. It is recommended to upgrade Avamar servers to SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 prior to applying the OS Security Update.


Apply the platform security patch to Avamar software version 7.4 and later and to NetWorker Virtual Edition.

The following platform security patch packages are now available to be installed:

The Security Update for Avamar Virtual Edition and NetWorker Virtual Edition is customer installable. Refer to  link to remedies  below for download and installation instructions.

The installation process involves shutting down the server software, rebooting all the nodes, and restarting the server software, and so appropriate time needs to be scheduled and allocated to perform this full process.

Dell EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

To schedule platform security patch installation, or to upgrade your server, contact Dell EMC Customer Support at https://support.emc.com/.
Refer to the following KB Articles for Security Update (Rollup) Installation instructions:


Release Notes:
https://support.emc.com/docu98255_Avamar-Platform-OS-Security-Patch-Rollup-2020-Release-Notes.pdf?language=en_US
 

Workarounds & Mitigations

None.

Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

2021-05-22

Initial Release

1.12021-11-03Updated Product Tagging

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

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Affected Products

Avamar, Avamar Client, Avamar Client for VMware, Avamar Client for Windows, Avamar Data Migration Enabler, Avamar Data Store, Avamar Data Store Gen3, Avamar Data Store Gen4, Avamar Data Store Gen4S, Avamar Data Store Gen4T, Avamar Data Transport , Avamar Desktop/Laptop Option, Avamar Extended Retention, Avamar Media Access Node, Avamar Plug-in, Avamar Plug-in for Exchange 2003, Avamar Plug-in for Exchange 2007, Avamar Plug-in for Exchange VSS, Avamar Plug-in for Hyper-V VSS, Avamar Plug-in for IBM DB2, Avamar Plug-in for Lotus Domino, Avamar Plug-in for NDMP, Avamar Plug-in for Oracle, Avamar Plug-in for SAP with Oracle, Avamar Plug-in for SharePoint, Avamar Plug-in for SharePoint VSS, Avamar Plug-in for SQL, Avamar Plug-in for Sybase ASE, Avamar REST API, Avamar Server, Avamar with CloudBoost, Backup & Recovery Manager Avamar, Backup and Recovery Manager NetWorker, PowerProtect Data Protection Software, Integrated Data Protection Appliance Family, PowerProtect Data Protection Hardware, Integrated Data Protection Appliance Software, Multiple Systems Management, NetWorker, NetWorker Series, NetWorker for OpenVMS, NetWorker Management Console, NetWorker Module, NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications, NetWorker Module for MEDITECH, NetWorker Module for Microsoft, NetWorker Module for SAP, NetWorker SnapImage Module, OpenStack Data Protection Extension, Product Security Information, vRealize Data Protection Extension for Avamar, vRealize Data Protection Extension for NetWorker ...
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Article Number: 000153707
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 25 Nov 2024
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