Dell Client BIOS DoS (DSA-2024-168)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200812

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

Dell Client BIOS contains an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to platform denial of service.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the security patch in accordance with the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000225476/dsa-2024-168

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200812

File Name: dell_bios_dsa-2024-168.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/21/2024

Updated: 9/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:dell:bios

Required KB Items: BIOS/Version, BIOS/Vendor, BIOS/Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28970

IAVA: 2024-A-0360