SB2018111503 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell OpenManage Network Manager
Published: November 15, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018111503
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15767)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to misconfiguration in the /etc/sudoers file. A remote attacker with ‘synergy’ account privileges can bypass authorization and run arbitrary commands with root privileges.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15768)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database. A remote attacker with database access privileges can to bypass security restrictions and gain read/write access to files stored on the server filesystem.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.