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Dell Client BIOS Stack-based Buffer Overflow (DSA-2025-088)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234229

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution.

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-in/000283859/dsa-2025-088

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234229

File Name: dell_bios-dsa-2025-088.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/11/2025

Updated: 4/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-29988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:dell:bios

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-29988

IAVA: 2025-A-0251