Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition Command Injection (DSA-2023-060)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177843

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Synopsis

The remote Linux host has an application installed that is affected by command injection vulnerability.

Description

The version of Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition installed on the remote Linux host is prior to 19.6.1.2, 19.7.0.3, and 19.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by command injection vulnerability in the NetWorker client. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable application. This is a high severity vulnerability as the exploitation allows an attacker to take complete control of a system, so Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition 19.7.0.4, 19.8.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177843

File Name: emc_networker_DSA-2023-060.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/30/2023

Updated: 5/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dell:emc_networker

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Dell NetWorker Virtual Edition

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25539

IAVA: 2023-A-0271-S

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