SB2023120128 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker vProxy



SB2023120128 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker vProxy

Published: December 1, 2023 Updated: October 25, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2023120128
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 29
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 34% Low 66%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 29 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1989)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the btsdio_remove() function in driversluetoothtsdio.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and escalate privileges on the system.


2) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45154)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exist due to iSCSI passwords are stored in clear text in supportconfig archive. A local user can view the archive and extract iSCSI passwords from it.


3) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2650)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS subsystems with no message size limit. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Incorrect calculation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33972)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.


5) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26554)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c. A remote attacker with control over a malicious NTP server can trick the victim into connecting to it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system via the client ntpq process.


6) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26553)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c. A remote attacker with control over a malicious NTP server can trick the victim into connecting to it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system via the client ntpq process.


7) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26552)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c. A remote attacker with control over a malicious NTP server can trick the victim into connecting to it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system via the client ntpq process.


8) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26551)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c. A remote attacker with control over a malicious NTP server can trick the victim into connecting to it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system via the client ntpq process.


9) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30772)

The vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in rivers/power/supply/da9150-charger.c in Linux kernel. An attacker with physical access to device can trigger a race condition while unplugin the device and execute arbitrary code on the system.


10) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2483)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in Qualcomm EMAC Gigabit Ethernet Controller. An attacker with physical access to system can remove the device before cleanup in the emac_remove() function is called, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.


11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2162)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the scsi_sw_tcp_session_create() function in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in SCSI sub-component in the Linux Kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and gain access to sensitive information.


12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2124)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack..

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the XFS subsystem in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the kernel.


13) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1998)

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of the Spectre v2 SMT mitigations, related to calling prctl with PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to kernel memory from userspace.


14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1990)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ndlc_remove() function in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1855)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xgene_hwmon_remove() function in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.


16) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24593)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling a text-form variant. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


17) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1670)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA (PC-card) Ethernet driver. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.


18) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1611)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the btrfs_search_slot() function in fs/btrfs/ctree.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.


19) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43945)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attacl.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the Linux kernel NFSD implementation. A remote attacker can send the RPC message over TCP with garbage data added at the end of the message, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


20) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36691)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in lib/nlattr.c. A local user can use a nested Netlink policy with a back reference to crash the kernel.


21) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29491)

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing malformed data in a terminfo database file. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.



22) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29383)

The vulnerability allows a local user to inject arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to an input validation error when processing fields provided to the SUID program chfn (change finger). A local user can inject and execute arbitrary code or misrepresent existing files.


23) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29007)

The vulnerability allows an attacker to tamper with Git configuration.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in "git submodule deinit" when renaming or deleting a section from a configuration file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into running the command a malicious configuration file and tamper with Git configuration on the affected system.


24) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25815)

The vulnerability allows a local user to tamper with Git messages.

The vulnerability exists due to the way Git processes localized messages. A local user on a multi-user machine can display a malicious message to the user.


25) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25652)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue in "git apply --reject". A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to write files outside of the worktree.


26) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29469)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when working with hashes of empty dict strings. A remote attacker can and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


27) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28484)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


28) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30630)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions when executing the command with the "--dump-bin" option. A local user can overwrite arbitrary files on the system and escalate privileges.


29) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25180)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling a serialised variant. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.