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AA-2005.0030                  AUSCERT Advisory

                              Novell ZENworks
        Access control vulnerability allows regular users access to
                            Remote Diagnostics
                             24 November 2005
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:           Novell ZENworks Remote Management
                   Novell ZENworks for Desktops 4.01
                   Novell ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2
                   Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management
Operating System:  Windows
                   Linux variants
                   Novell NetWare
Impact:            Read-only Data Access
Access:            Existing Account
Member-only until: Thursday, December 22 2005


OVERVIEW:

	The Novell ZENworks Remote Diagnostics feature has incorrect access
	control, allowing unauthorized regular users to access the diagnostic 
	information of remote managed clients.


IMPACT:

	A regular user can use Console One to access detailed information
	from ZENworks managed clients, including the following:

	o Network open files
	o Current NetWare connections and usernames
	o NetWare client version and current context
	o Win32 Processes
	o Windows Services
	o Windows Event Log
	o Device Drivers
	o Network stack configuration
	o Printing Status
	o Environment settings
	o Windows memory


MITIGATION:

	ZENworks for servers 3.0.2 Interim Release 4 fixes this vulnerability.
	Patches for the other ZENworks products have not yet been released.


REFERENCES:

	[1] Novell TID 10098818
	    http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098818.htm


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