SB2021043026 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell iDRAC9
Published: April 30, 2021 Updated: August 10, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21544)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in when processing authentication requests. A remote user with high privileges can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the username field under the comment section and set the value to any user.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21543)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user with high privileges can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.