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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.

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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
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Affected Products & 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.  
 
 

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02021-02-25Initial release

Acknowledgements

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

Related Information

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

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Affected Products

Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition, Product Security Information
Article Properties
Article Number: 000183576
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2021
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