SB2022111120 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRack System Flex
Published: November 11, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6981)
CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption if vmxnet3 is enabled and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6982)
CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption if vmxnet3 is enabled and access arbitrary data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.