SB2022102065 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail Appliance

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SB2022102065 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail Appliance

Published: October 20, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022102065
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21985)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by default. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vSphere Client available at port 443/tcp and execute arbitrary commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.


2) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21986)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in when processing authentication requests to the Virtual SAN Health Check, Site Recovery, vSphere Lifecycle Manager, and VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-ins. A remote non-authenticated attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References