SB2023092940 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker

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SB2023092940 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker

Published: September 29, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023092940
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Sensitive cookie in HTTPS session without Secure attribute (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28708)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Tomcat does not set the "Secure" attribute for the JSESSIONID session cookie when using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https. A remote attacker can force the application to transmit cookie via an insecure channel and intercept it.


2) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28709)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fox for #VU72427 (CVE-2023-24998). If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request parts could be bypassed. A remote attacker can initiate a series of uploads and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References