Dell BIOS Password Protection Special Chars denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell BIOS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Password Protection. Performing a manipulation as part of Special Chars results in denial of service. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Dell BIOS (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Password Protection. The manipulation as part of a Special Chars leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was published 12/08/2003 by James Evans as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at dell.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

Further details are available at electronic-security.de. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: dell.com

Timelineinfo

12/08/2003 🔍
12/10/2003 +2 days 🔍
06/27/2019 +5678 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: James Evans
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-435
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2003 15:32
Updated: 06/27/2019 12:18
Changes: 12/10/2003 15:32 (51), 06/27/2019 12:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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