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Article Number: 000224849

DSA-2024-209: Security Update for Dell Update Manager Plugin Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Update Manager Plugin remediation is available for plaintext password vulnerability in Log file that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Article Content

Impact

Low

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description  CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-28971 Dell Update Manager Plugin, versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0, contains a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in Log file. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account. 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description  CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-28971 Dell Update Manager Plugin, versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0, contains a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in Log file. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account. 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NThis 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  Affected Versions  Remediated Versions  Link 
Dell Update Manager Plugin Versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0 1.5.1 Dell OpenManage Enterprise Update Managerv1.5.1 | Driver Details | Dell US
Product  Affected Versions  Remediated Versions  Link 
Dell Update Manager Plugin Versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0 1.5.1 Dell OpenManage Enterprise Update Managerv1.5.1 | Driver Details | Dell US
No action required from the customer if UMP-1.5.1 is already installed by the customer. However, we recommend following the workaround mentioned above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

CVE ID Workaround and Mitigation
CVE-2024-28971 Remove logs from UMP

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02024-05-07Initial release

Related Information

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

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

Dell Update

Last Published Date

07 May 2024

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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