DSA-2024-496 : Security Update for Dell AppSync Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell AppSync remediation is available for a security 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-2024-52542

Dell AppSync, version 4.6.0.x, contain a Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information tampering.

4.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2024-52542

Dell AppSync, version 4.6.0.x, contain a Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information tampering.

4.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

CVEs Addressed

Product

Affected Versions

Remediated Versions

Link

CVE-2024-52542

Dell AppSync

Version 4.6.0.x

Version AppSync patch 4.6.0.3 CVE-2024-52542 R1 or later

https://dl.dell.com/downloads/VV2R6_AppSync-patch-4.6.0.3-CVE-2024-52542-R1.zip

CVEs Addressed

Product

Affected Versions

Remediated Versions

Link

CVE-2024-52542

Dell AppSync

Version 4.6.0.x

Version AppSync patch 4.6.0.3 CVE-2024-52542 R1 or later

https://dl.dell.com/downloads/VV2R6_AppSync-patch-4.6.0.3-CVE-2024-52542-R1.zip

Dell recommends that you always upgrade to the latest release/version for your product.

Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

2024-12-17

Initial Release

Acknowledgements

Dell Technologies would like to thank Ouallaout Noureddine for reporting this issue.

Related Information

Affected Products

AppSync, AppSync
Article Properties
Article Number: 000261039
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 08 Sep 2025
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