Product: Ensim Pro for Linux
Version: 4.0.1 (Fedora Core 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3ES)
Date:  August 01,2005
Hotfix Description:  Addresses the issue:
Security fix for exploit involving scheduled backup vulnerability
Overview : Site admin can gain root privileges due to a vulnerability in the scheduled backup feature. This hotfix will prevent further exploits of this vulnerability.

Download :
ftp://ftp.ensim.com/download/pro/linux/4.0.1/hotfix/rootexploit/vhbackup_be_interface
(md5sum: d89fc9fd789258e2b376620eed43dcac )

For fc1: ftp://ftp.ensim.com/download/pro/linux/4.0.1/hotfix/rootexploit/fc1/secure.pyc
(md5sum: fe746832e5c5638b74f2813648b85d7c )
ftp://ftp.ensim.com/download/pro/linux/4.0.1/hotfix/rootexploit/fc1/vhbackup.pyc
(md5sum: 027f1ff2b3d000f411e36e7a6de63e40 )

For RHEL3:
ftp://ftp.ensim.com/download/pro/linux/4.0.1/hotfix/rootexploit/rhel3/secure.pyc
(md5sum: c97c1e3bf8a1c2aa0a078db1c7e4ff6d )
ftp://ftp.ensim.com/download/pro/linux/4.0.1/hotfix/rootexploit/rhel3/vhbackup.pyc
(md5sum: f96d1c010cc6b9cbaf28b466f8b0889f )

Installation Procedure:

1) Backup /usr/lib/opcenter/base/services/vhbackup/vhbackup.pyc and /usr/lib/opcenter/vhbackup/vhbackup_be_interface

2) Download all the files for your respective OS and LWP version

3) Backup the scheduled jobs using,
cp -a /var/VhbackupSchedules /root/VhbackupSchedules_backup

4) Run the following command to check for issues of scheduled backup and fix it .
python secure.pyc

   Please note this command does not return any messages to the console.

   If any of your scheduled backups fail after running this command, you will need to manually reset the password for that job.

5) Replace existing vhbackup.pyc with the one downloaded from the above link

   cp vhbackup.pyc /usr/lib/opcenter/base/services/vhbackup/vhbackup.pyc

6) Replace existing vhbackup_be_interface with the one downloaded from the above link

   cp vhbackup_be_interface /usr/lib/opcenter/vhbackup/vhbackup_be_interface

7) Set permission on vhbackup.pyc to 600 and vhbackup_be_interface to 750

   chmod 600 /usr/lib/opcenter/base/services/vhbackup/vhbackup.pyc

   chmod 750 /usr/lib/opcenter/vhbackup/vhbackup_be_interface

8) Restart the control panel using,

   service webppliance restart