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TITLE:
Siemens COMOS Unspecified Security Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50249

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-13

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Siemens COMOS, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an unspecified error related to
published methods and can be exploited to gain administrative access
to the database.

Successful exploitation requires read access to the database.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 9.1 Patch 413,
9.2 Update 03 Patch 023, 10.0 Patch 005, and 10.0 SP1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 9.1 Patch 413, 9.2 Update 03 Patch 023, 10.0 Patch
005, or 10.0 SP1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-312568.pdf

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