DSA-2020-276: Dell EMC Unity Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and Unity VSA contain remediation for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

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Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSSBase Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2020-26199 Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in multiple log files. A local authenticated attacker with access to the log files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.
 
6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-29489 Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contains a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in a system file. A local authenticated attacker with access to the system files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user. 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-29490
 
Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a Denial of Service vulnerability on NAS Servers with NFS exports. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and cause Denial of Service (Storage Processor Panic) by sending specially crafted UDP requests.  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSSBase Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2020-26199 Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in multiple log files. A local authenticated attacker with access to the log files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.
 
6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-29489 Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contains a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in a system file. A local authenticated attacker with access to the system files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user. 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-29490
 
Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a Denial of Service vulnerability on NAS Servers with NFS exports. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and cause Denial of Service (Storage Processor Panic) by sending specially crafted UDP requests.  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Affected Products & Remediation

Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012      https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/unity-all-flash-family/drivers
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012     
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012     
Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012      https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/unity-all-flash-family/drivers
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012     
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012      5.0.4.0.5.012     

Workarounds & Mitigations

None

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02020-12-17Initial Release

Related Information

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC Unity XT 380, Dell EMC Unity XT 380F, Dell EMC Unity XT 480, Dell EMC Unity XT 480F, Dell EMC Unity XT 680, Dell EMC Unity XT 680F, Dell EMC Unity XT 880, Dell EMC Unity XT 880F, Dell EMC Unity Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000181248
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2020
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