TITLE:
Novell ZENworks Remote-Diagnostics Access Control Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17700

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17700/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/4134/
Novell ZENworks for Desktops 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1246/
Novell ZENworks for Servers 3
http://secunia.com/product/1247/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Novell ZENworks, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to an access validation error that allows
regular users without the appropriate rights to access to the Remote
Diagnostics function using Console One.

The weakness has been reported in the following products:
* Novell ZENworks for Desktops 4.0.1
* Novell ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2
* Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management

SOLUTION:
The weakness has been fixed in ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 IR4.
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972567.htm

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098818.htm

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