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Article Number: 000222319

DSA-2024-037: Security Update for Dell Precision Rack BIOS for an Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Precision Rack BIOS remediation is available for an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

Article Content

Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-0161 Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM. 7.5
 		 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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-2024-0161 Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM. 7.5
 		 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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

Product

Software/Firmware

Affected Versions

Remediated Versions

BIOS Release Date

Link

Precision 7920 Rack

BIOS

Versions 2.21.2 prior to

Versions 2.21.2 or later

03/12/2024

Go to the Drivers & Downloads site for updates.

7920 XL Rack

BIOS

Versions 2.21.2 prior to

Versions 2.21.2 or later

03/12/2024

Go to the Drivers & Downloads site for updates.

Product

Software/Firmware

Affected Versions

Remediated Versions

BIOS Release Date

Link

Precision 7920 Rack

BIOS

Versions 2.21.2 prior to

Versions 2.21.2 or later

03/12/2024

Go to the Drivers & Downloads site for updates.

7920 XL Rack

BIOS

Versions 2.21.2 prior to

Versions 2.21.2 or later

03/12/2024

Go to the Drivers & Downloads site for updates.

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02024-03-13Initial Release

Related Information

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

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

7920 XL Rack, Precision 7920 Rack

Last Published Date

13 Mar 2024

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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