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TITLE:
Novell Cloud Manager RPC Session Initialization Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45845

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-06

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when initializing an
object for a RPC method resulting in a partially initialized session.
This can be exploited to execute privileged RPC calls.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.1, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.2 patch 3.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1c239c43f521145fa8385d64a9c32243 via ZDI.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-278/

OTHER REFERENCES:
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DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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