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Article Number: 000216587


DSA-2023-283: Security Update for Dell SmartFabric Storage Software Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell SmartFabric Storage Software remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Article Content


Impact

Critical

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-32485 Dell SmartFabric Storage Software version 1.3 and lower contain an improper input validation vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability and escalate privileges up to the highest administration level. This is a critical severity vulnerability affecting user authentication. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-32485 Dell SmartFabric Storage Software version 1.3 and lower contain an improper input validation vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability and escalate privileges up to the highest administration level. This is a critical severity vulnerability affecting user authentication. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products and Remediation

CVEs Addressed Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
 CVE-2023-32485 Dell SmartFabric Storage Software Versions before 1.4.0  1.4.0  https://www.dell.com/support
CVEs Addressed Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
 CVE-2023-32485 Dell SmartFabric Storage Software Versions before 1.4.0  1.4.0  https://www.dell.com/support

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02023-08-08Initial Release
2.02023-10-05Major Revision: added relevant URL to the CVEand modified minor formatting without content change.

Related Information


Article Properties


Affected Product

SmartFabric Storage Software for NVMe/TCP SAN, SmartFabric Storage Software Download for NVMe/TCP SAN

Last Published Date

05 Oct 2023

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory