DSA-2023-060: Dell NetWorker Security Update for an nsrcapinfo Vulnerability.
Summary: Dell NetWorker remediation is available for nsrcapinfo with option -c, -s vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
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Impact
Critical
Details
| Proprietary Code CVE(s) |
Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| CVE-2023-25539 | Dell NetWorker 19.6.1.2, contains an OS command injection Vulnerability in the NetWorker client. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable application. This is a high severity vulnerability as the exploitation allows an attacker to take complete control of a system, so Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity. | 9.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Proprietary Code CVE(s) |
Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| CVE-2023-25539 | Dell NetWorker 19.6.1.2, contains an OS command injection Vulnerability in the NetWorker client. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable application. This is a high severity vulnerability as the exploitation allows an attacker to take complete control of a system, so Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity. | 9.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected Products & Remediation
| CVE(s) Addressed |
Product | Affected Version(s) | Updated Version(s) | Link to Update |
| CVE-2023-25539 | Dell NetWorker NVE |
NetWorker 19.6.1.2 Linux and prior releases NetWorker 19.7.0.3 Linux and prior releases, 19.7.1 Linux |
19.8.0.1 & Later releases 19.7.0.4 & Later releases |
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE(s) Addressed |
Product | Affected Version(s) | Updated Version(s) | Link to Update |
| CVE-2023-25539 | Dell NetWorker NVE |
NetWorker 19.6.1.2 Linux and prior releases NetWorker 19.7.0.3 Linux and prior releases, 19.7.1 Linux |
19.8.0.1 & Later releases 19.7.0.4 & Later releases |
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
The impacted component is NetWorker client and the affected platforms are Linux (CentOS, OEL, SuSE, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora).
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
| 1.0 | 2023-04-03 | Initial Release |
| 2.0 | 2023-05-11 | Made changes to Updated Versions |
| 3.0 | 2023-06-06 | Made changes to "Impact", "CVSS Base Score" & "CVSS Vector String" |
Acknowledgements
Dell Technologies would like to thank Maciej Kosz for reporting this issue.
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Affected Products
NetWorker Family, NetWorker, NetWorker Series, NetWorker Module, Product Security InformationArticle Properties
Article Number: 000211267
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2025
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