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AA-2009.0068                  AUSCERT Advisory

                           [Win][Netware][Linux]
              ZENworks: information disclosure vulnerability
                               27 March 2009
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              ZENworks
Operating System:     Netware
                      Linux variants
                      Windows
Impact:               Access Confidential Data
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
Member content until: Friday, April 24 2009

OVERVIEW:

      Novell has acknowledged a vulnerability in ZENworks Configuration 
      Management.


IMPACT:

      An information disclosure vulnerability has been identified in the 
      Embedded Datastore server of ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with
      Support Pack 1. The Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere database used by 
      the ZENworks Embedded Datastore is configured to listen for client
      connection broadcasts and exposes the name and port that the Sybase 
      Adaptive Server Anywhere is running on. [1]


MITIGATION:

      A configuration setting in The Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 
      database is required to be changed in order to turn off broadcast
      listening. Please see the vendor's advisory for instructions. [1]


REFERENCES:

      [1] The ZENworks Embedded Datastore server is affected by an 
          information disclosure vulnerability
          http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001817

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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
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        http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3192

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