Dell Client BIOS Multiple Vulnerabilities (DSA-2021-106)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153223

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Dell BIOS is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Dell UEFI BIOS https stack leveraged by the Dell BIOSConnect feature and Dell HTTPS Boot feature contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability using a person-in-the-middle attack which may lead to a denial of service and payload tampering. (CVE-2021-21571)

- Dell BIOSConnect feature contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. An authenticated malicious admin user with local access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code and bypass UEFI restrictions.
(CVE-2021-21572, CVE-2021-21573, CVE-2021-21574)

Please see the included Dell Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Check vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?02633955

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153223

File Name: dell_bios_dsa-2021-106.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/13/2021

Updated: 12/7/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21571, CVE-2021-21572, CVE-2021-21573, CVE-2021-21574

CWE: 121, 122, 295, 787

IAVA: 2021-A-0294