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Article Number: 000223210


DSA-2024-104: Security Update for Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS for an Improper SMM Communication Buffer Verification Vulnerability

Summary: Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS remediation is available for an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. ...

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Impact

Medium

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-25942 Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM. 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-25942 Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM. 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LThis 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 Link
PowerEdge R730 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r730/drivers
PowerEdge R730xd BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r730xd/drivers
PowerEdge R630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r630/drivers
PowerEdge C4130 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-c4130/drivers  
PowerEdge R930 BIOS Versions prior to 2.14.0  Version 2.14.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r930/drivers
PowerEdge M630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m630/drivers
PowerEdge M630 (for PE VRTX) BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m630p/drivers
PowerEdge FC630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc630/drivers
PowerEdge FC430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc430/drivers
PowerEdge M830 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m830/drivers
PowerEdge M830 (for PE VRTX) BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m830p/drivers
PowerEdge FC830 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc830/drivers
PowerEdge T630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-t630/drivers
PowerEdge R530 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r530/drivers
PowerEdge R430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r430/drivers
PowerEdge T430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-t430/drivers
PowerEdge R830 BIOS Versions prior to 1.19.0  Version 1.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-R830/drivers
PowerEdge C6320 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-c6320/drivers
Dell Storage NX3230 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/storage-nx3230/drivers
Dell Storage NX3330 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/storage-nx3330/drivers
Dell XC6320 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc6320/drivers
Dell XC430 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc430/drivers
Dell XC630 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc630/drivers
Dell XC730 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc730/drivers
Dell XC730XD Hyper-converged Appliance
 
BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc730xd/drivers
Product Software/Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
PowerEdge R730 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r730/drivers
PowerEdge R730xd BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r730xd/drivers
PowerEdge R630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r630/drivers
PowerEdge C4130 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-c4130/drivers  
PowerEdge R930 BIOS Versions prior to 2.14.0  Version 2.14.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r930/drivers
PowerEdge M630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m630/drivers
PowerEdge M630 (for PE VRTX) BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m630p/drivers
PowerEdge FC630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc630/drivers
PowerEdge FC430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc430/drivers
PowerEdge M830 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m830/drivers
PowerEdge M830 (for PE VRTX) BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-m830p/drivers
PowerEdge FC830 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-fc830/drivers
PowerEdge T630 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-t630/drivers
PowerEdge R530 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r530/drivers
PowerEdge R430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r430/drivers
PowerEdge T430 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-t430/drivers
PowerEdge R830 BIOS Versions prior to 1.19.0  Version 1.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-R830/drivers
PowerEdge C6320 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-c6320/drivers
Dell Storage NX3230 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/storage-nx3230/drivers
Dell Storage NX3330 BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/storage-nx3330/drivers
Dell XC6320 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc6320/drivers
Dell XC430 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc430/drivers
Dell XC630 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc630/drivers
Dell XC730 Hyper-converged Appliance BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc730/drivers
Dell XC730XD Hyper-converged Appliance
 
BIOS Versions prior to 2.19.0  Version 2.19.0 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/dell-xc730xd/drivers
The Affected Products and Remediation table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions and may be updated as more information becomes available.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Acknowledgements

Dell would like to thank schur of BUPT, Dubhe Lab for reporting this issue.
 

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02024-03-18Initial release

Related Information


Article Properties


Affected Product
Dell XC430 Hyper-converged Appliance, Dell XC630 Hyper-converged Appliance, Dell XC6320 Hyper-converged Appliance, Dell XC730 Hyper-converged Appliance, Dell XC730XD Hyper-converged Appliance, PowerEdge C4130, PowerEdge c6320, Poweredge FC430 , Poweredge FC630, Poweredge FC830, PowerEdge M630, PowerEdge M630 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge M830, PowerEdge M830 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge R430, PowerEdge R530, PowerEdge R630, PowerEdge R730, PowerEdge R730xd, PowerEdge R830, PowerEdge R930, PowerEdge T430, PowerEdge T630, Dell Storage NX3230, Dell Storage NX3330 ...
Last Published Date

18 Mar 2024

Version

1

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory