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Article Number: 000183576

DSA-2021-045: Dell EMC SRS Policy Manager Security Update for XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

Summary: Dell EMC SRS Policy Manager contains remediation for an XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Article Content

Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVE Description CVSSBase Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2021-21517 SRS Policy Manager 6.X is affected by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability due to a misconfigured XML parser that processes user-supplied DTD input without sufficient validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability to read system files as a non-root user and may be able to temporarily disrupt the SRS service. 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Proprietary Code CVE Description CVSSBase Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2021-21517 SRS Policy Manager 6.X is affected by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability due to a misconfigured XML parser that processes user-supplied DTD input without sufficient validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability to read system files as a non-root user and may be able to temporarily disrupt the SRS service. 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
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

Product Affected Versions Updated Versions Link to update  
Dell EMC SRS Policy Manager 6.6,
6.8.3, and
6.9.0		 7.0 Latest Policy manager 7.0 installation files along with the documentation are available on Dell.com/support page for product: Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition.  
 
 
Product Affected Versions Updated Versions Link to update  
Dell EMC SRS Policy Manager 6.6,
6.8.3, and
6.9.0		 7.0 Latest Policy manager 7.0 installation files along with the documentation are available on Dell.com/support page for product: Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition.  
 
 

Acknowledgements

Dell would like to thank Lukasz Plonka for reporting this issue.
 

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02021-02-25Initial release

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition, Product Security Information

Last Published Date

14 Oct 2021

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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