DSA-2019-044: Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance Update for Multiple Multiprocessor Side-Channel Vulnerabilities

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Impact

Medium

Details

Summary: 
Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance contains a security update to the operating system to mitigate the side-channel vulnerabilities.

This advisory addresses the following vulnerabilities:  

  • L1 Terminal Fault: SGX
    CVE-2018-3615

  • L1 Terminal Fault: OS/SMM
    CVE-2018-3620

  • Rogue System Register Read (RSRE)   also known as Variant 3a
    CVE-2018-3640

  • L1 Terminal Fault: VMM
    CVE-2018-3646

For more information, please review Intel s security advisories INTEL-SA-00115 and INTEL-SA-00161.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE
 

This advisory addresses the following vulnerabilities:  

  • L1 Terminal Fault: SGX
    CVE-2018-3615

  • L1 Terminal Fault: OS/SMM
    CVE-2018-3620

  • Rogue System Register Read (RSRE)   also known as Variant 3a
    CVE-2018-3640

  • L1 Terminal Fault: VMM
    CVE-2018-3646

For more information, please review Intel s security advisories INTEL-SA-00115 and INTEL-SA-00161.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE
 

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

Affected products: 
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.1
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.2
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 2.2.3 or earlier
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Physical Appliance 2.2.3 or earlier

Remediation:
The following Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance release addresses these vulnerabilities: 

  • Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.2.0.1

Dell EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Dell recommends customers to follow security best practices for malware protection to help prevent possible exploitation of these vulnerabilities. These practices include, but are not limited to, promptly deploying software updates, avoiding unknown hyperlinks and websites, never downloading files or applications from unknown sources, and employing up-to-date anti-virus and advanced threat protection solutions.

For more information and access to the various CloudBoost releases, see

Note: CloudBoost Physical Appliance customers interested in receiving security updates should contact customer support to migrate to the CloudBoost Virtual Appliance.  The CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 2.2.3 (or prior) customers should contact customer support to migrate to CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.x.



Affected products: 
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.1
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.2
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 2.2.3 or earlier
Dell EMC Software: Dell EMC Networker with CloudBoost Physical Appliance 2.2.3 or earlier

Remediation:
The following Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance release addresses these vulnerabilities: 

  • Dell EMC CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.2.0.1

Dell EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Dell recommends customers to follow security best practices for malware protection to help prevent possible exploitation of these vulnerabilities. These practices include, but are not limited to, promptly deploying software updates, avoiding unknown hyperlinks and websites, never downloading files or applications from unknown sources, and employing up-to-date anti-virus and advanced threat protection solutions.

For more information and access to the various CloudBoost releases, see

Note: CloudBoost Physical Appliance customers interested in receiving security updates should contact customer support to migrate to the CloudBoost Virtual Appliance.  The CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 2.2.3 (or prior) customers should contact customer support to migrate to CloudBoost Virtual Appliance 18.x.



Related Information

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

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Products

CloudBoost Physical Appliance, NetWorker, Product Security Information
Article Properties
Article Number: 000153680
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 22 May 2021
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