SB2025010856 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Precision 7920 Rack and Dell Precision 7920 XL Rack

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SB2025010856 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Precision 7920 Rack and Dell Precision 7920 XL Rack

Published: January 8, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025010856
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52340)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing very large ICMPv6 packets. A remote attacker can send a flood of IPv6 ICMP6 PTB messages, cause the high lock contention and increased CPU usage, leading to a denial of service.

Successful vulnerability exploitation requires a attacker to be on the local network or have a high bandwidth connection.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42154)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the sizeof() function in net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References