DSA-2020-065: Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance, and Dell EMC PowerMax Embedded Management Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance, and Dell EMC PowerMax Embedded Management contains 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-2020-5367

Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance versions prior to 9.1.0.17, and PowerMax OS Release 5978 contain an improper certificate validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to carry out a man-in-the-middle attack by supplying a crafted certificate and intercepting the victim's traffic to view or modify a victim's data in transit. 


Note: This CVE was not fully addressed in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17. CVE-2021-21548 addresses incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5367. 

 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-5345 Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance versions prior to 9.1.0.17, and PowerMax OS Release 5978 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may potentially execute commands to alter or stop database statistics. 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSSBase Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2020-5367

Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance versions prior to 9.1.0.17, and PowerMax OS Release 5978 contain an improper certificate validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to carry out a man-in-the-middle attack by supplying a crafted certificate and intercepting the victim's traffic to view or modify a victim's data in transit. 


Note: This CVE was not fully addressed in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17. CVE-2021-21548 addresses incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5367. 

 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-5345 Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance versions prior to 9.1.0.17, and PowerMax OS Release 5978 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may potentially execute commands to alter or stop database statistics. 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
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Affected Products & Remediation

Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Unisphere for PowerMax Versions prior to 9.1.0.17 9.1.0.27
EEM: 9.1.0.856		 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/unisphere-powermax/drivers
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance Versions prior to 9.1.0.17 9.1.0.27
EEM: 9.1.0.856		 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/unisphere-powermax/drivers
PowerMax OS 5978 5978 Request OPT 583679 for Foxtail SR and Hickory SR
Notes:
  • CVE-2020-5367 was not fully addressed in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17.
  • DSA-2021-134 addresses the improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax version 9.1.0.27(CVE-2021-21548).
  • Dell EMC highly recommends all users upgrade Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax to version 9.1.0.27 at their earliest opportunity.
Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Unisphere for PowerMax Versions prior to 9.1.0.17 9.1.0.27
EEM: 9.1.0.856		 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/unisphere-powermax/drivers
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance Versions prior to 9.1.0.17 9.1.0.27
EEM: 9.1.0.856		 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/unisphere-powermax/drivers
PowerMax OS 5978 5978 Request OPT 583679 for Foxtail SR and Hickory SR
Notes:
  • CVE-2020-5367 was not fully addressed in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17.
  • DSA-2021-134 addresses the improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax version 9.1.0.27(CVE-2021-21548).
  • Dell EMC highly recommends all users upgrade Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax to version 9.1.0.27 at their earliest opportunity.

Workarounds & Mitigations

None.

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02021-04-09Initial Release
2.0 2021-10-04Affected Component Type, CVE description, and Version Updated.  Added note to Affected Products and Remediation section concerning CVE-2021-21548 addresses incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5367. 

Acknowledgements

CVE-2020-5367: Dell would like to thank Thorsten Tüllmann from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany for reporting this issue.

Related Information

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

Legal Disclaimer

Affected Products

Unisphere for PowerMax

Products

PowerMax 2000, PowerMax 8000, Product Security Information, Unisphere for PowerMax
Article Properties
Article Number: 000153935
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2021
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