Dell PowerEdge Platform up to 2.21.1 access of memory location after end of buffer

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Dell PowerEdge Platform up to 2.21.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access of memory location after end of buffer. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-0173. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell PowerEdge Platform up to 2.21.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access of memory location after end of buffer vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-788. The product reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper parameter initialization vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read the contents of non-SMM stack memory.

The weakness was published 03/13/2024 by Codebreaker1337 as dsa-2024-034. The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-0173 since 12/14/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.2.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.6, 1.9.1, 1.13.2, 1.14.1, 1.19.0 , 2.0.0, 2.14.0 , 2.14.1, 2.16.0, 2.19.0 , 2.20.0  , 2.21.0, 2.21.1 or 2.21.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerEdge Platform

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.9.0
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.13.0
• 1.13.1
• 1.14
• 1.14.0
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19.0
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.14.0
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.16.0
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.19.0
• 2.20
• 2.20.0
• 2.21.0
• 2.21.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.8
CNA Vector (Dell): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access of memory location after end of buffer
CWE: CWE-788 / CWE-120 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: PowerEdge Platform 1.2.3/1.7.2/1.7.6/1.9.1/1.13.2/1.14.1/1.19.0 /2.0.0/2.14.0 /2.14.1/2.16.0/2.19.0 /2.20.0  /2.21.0/2.21.1/2.21.2

Timelineinfo

12/14/2023 🔍
03/13/2024 +90 days 🔍
03/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/31/2025 +324 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2024-034
Researcher: Codebreaker1337
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256745

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2024 18:05
Updated: 01/31/2025 19:58
Changes: 03/13/2024 18:05 (49), 04/15/2024 09:18 (15), 01/31/2025 19:58 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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