SB2022110937 - Security restrictions bypass in Dell EMC Avamar
Published: November 9, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022110937
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16395)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists in OpenSSL::X509::Name due to the equality check is not correct if the value of an entity of the argument (right-hand side) starts with the value of the receiver (left-hand side). A remote attacker can supply malicious X.509 certificate to be passed and bypass security restrictions to conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.