Dell Wyse Management Suite up to 4.4 excessive authentication

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Dell Wyse Management Suite up to 4.4. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to excessive authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-49597. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Dell Wyse Management Suite up to 4.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Dell Wyse Management Suite, versions WMS 4.4 and prior, contain an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass.

The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-49597 since 10/17/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/06/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212114 (Dell Wyse Management Suite < 4.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DSA-2024-440)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212114). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Dell

Name

• Wyse Management Suite

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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