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DSA-2023-056: Security Update for Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition is available for multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

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Third-party Component CVEs More Information

python-ecdsa		 CVE-2019-14859, CVE-2019-14853 See NVD link below for individual scores for each CVE. 
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Cloud-init CVE-2019-0816, CVE-2020-8631, CVE-2020-8632 See NVD link below for individual scores for each CVE. 
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perl-Switch CVE-2016-1704 See NVD link below for individual scores for each CVE. 
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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 & Remediation

Product Software/Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.9, 19.9.0.1 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.8 through 19.8.0.3 Version 19.8.0.4 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.7 through 19.7.0.5 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Version 19.7.1 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions prior to 19.7 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Product Software/Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.9, 19.9.0.1 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.8 through 19.8.0.3 Version 19.8.0.4 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions 19.7 through 19.7.0.5 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Version 19.7.1 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers
Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Versions prior to 19.7 Version 19.9.0.2 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/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.
  1. Platforms: Linux
  2. Please refer to the installation version NetWorker 19.9.0.2 Virtual Edition OVA under the Download list on https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers with the Description as NetWorker® Virtual Edition (NVE) 19.9.0.2 for Linux SLES12 SP5 (64-bit) is NetWorker server that runs as a virtual machine in a VMware environment.
  3. Please refer to the installation version NetWorker 19.9.0.2 Virtual Edition Upgrade under the Download list on https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers with the Description as NetWorker® Virtual Edition (NVE) 19.9.0.2 virtual appliance update file for NVE deployed on VMware, AWS and Azure environments.
  4. Please refer to the installation version NetWorker 19.8.0.4 Virtual Edition OVA under the Download list on https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers with the Description as NetWorker® Virtual Edition (NVE) 19.8.0.4 for Linux SLES12 SP5 (64-bit) is NetWorker server that runs as a virtual machine in a VMware environment.
  5. Please refer to the installation version NetWorker 19.8.0.4 Virtual Edition Upgrade under the Download list on https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers with the Description as NetWorker® Virtual Edition (NVE) 19.8.0.4 virtual appliance update file for NVE deployed on VMware, AWS and Azure environments.
  6. Versions prior to 19.7 means versions 19.6.x, 19.5.x, 19.4.x family of releases that are still under standard support. For more information on Dell End-of-Life Documents for converged infrastructure, midrange and enterprise storage, and storage networking products kindly refer to: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185734/all-dell-emc-end-of-life-documents?lang=en
  7. Unless specified as impacted, the term “later releases” encompasses all NetWorker releases, under standard support, that are of a higher minor or major version than the specified release.
  8. Dell recommends that you always upgrade to the latest release/version for your product

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02023-11-06Initial Release

Related Information

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

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Affected Products

NetWorker Family, NetWorker, NetWorker Series, NetWorker Module, Product Security Information