Buffer overflow in Dell products - CVE-2015-7272

 

Buffer overflow in Dell products - CVE-2015-7272

Published: February 21, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17812
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7272
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supply a long SSH username or input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

iDRAC6
iDRAC8
iDRAC7

How to mitigate CVE-2015-7272

Install update from vendor's website.

iDRAC6 - update to 2.80
iDRAC8 - update to 2.21.21.21
iDRAC7 - update to 2.21.21.21

External References

Related Security Bulletins