DSA-2024-169: Security Update for Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update for an Exposed Dangerous Method or Function Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Command | Update, Dell Update and Alienware Update remediation is available for an Exposed Dangerous Method or Function 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-2024-28962  Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update UWP, versions prior to 5.4, contain an Exposed Dangerous Method or Function vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.  6.5 
 
 		 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2024-28962  Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update UWP, versions prior to 5.4, contain an Exposed Dangerous Method or Function vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.  6.5 
 
 		 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 & Remediation

Product  Software/Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Versions Release Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Link
Dell Command | Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit
Dell Command | Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Dell Command | Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11 ARM64
Dell Command | Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Dell Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit
Dell Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Alienware Update  Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit, 64-bit
Dell/Alienware Update Application | Driver Details
Product  Software/Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Versions Release Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Link
Dell Command | Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit
Dell Command | Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Dell Command | Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11 ARM64
Dell Command | Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Dell Update Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit
Dell Update Windows Universal Application | Driver Details
Alienware Update  Application Versions prior to 5.4 Version 5.4 and later 07/31/2024 Universal Windows Platform version for Windows 11, Windows 10 32-bit, 64-bit
Dell/Alienware Update Application | Driver Details

Workarounds & Mitigations

None

Revision History

Revision Date Description 
1.0 2024-08-05 Initial Release 
2.02024-08-06Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content.

Acknowledgements

CVE-2024-28962: Dell Technologies would like to thank Skyler Ferrante for reporting this issue.  
 

Related Information

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

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Affected Products

Alienware Update, Dell Command | Update, Dell Update
Article Properties
Article Number: 000227236
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2024
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