Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11048 - XXE vulnerability in Dell products

047910
CVSS 8.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
dell
CWE-611
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-08-10
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor, versions 6.2, 6,3, 6.4, 6.5 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 contain a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in the REST API. An authenticated remote malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read certain system files in the server or cause denial of service by supplying specially crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs) in an XML request.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Dell
6

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyMisc.
NASL idEMC_DPA_6_5_0_103604.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the application is 6.2 < 6.4 Patch B180 or 6.5 < 6.5 patch B51. It is, therefore, affected by an XML external entity vulnerability vulnerability.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id112193
published2018-08-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/112193
titleEMC Data Protection Advisor 6.2 < 6.4 Patch B180 / < 6.5 patch B51 (DSA-2018-112).
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(112193);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11048");
  script_bugtraq_id(105130);
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2018-B-0118-S");

  script_name(english:"EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.2 < 6.4 Patch B180 / < 6.5 patch B51 (DSA-2018-112).");
  script_summary(english:"Checks EMC Data Protection Advisor version");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote application may be affected by XML External Entity
Vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the application is
6.2 < 6.4 Patch B180 or 6.5 < 6.5 patch B51. It is, therefore,
affected by an XML external entity vulnerability vulnerability.");
  # https://support.emc.com/downloads/829_Data-Protection-Advisor
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cf340180");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade EMC Data Protection Advisor to version 6.4 Patch B180 or
6.5 patch B51 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-11048");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/08/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:emc:data_protection_advisor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("win_emc_dpa_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/EMC Data Protection Advisor");

  exit(0);
}


include("vcf.inc");
include("audit.inc");

app_name = "EMC Data Protection Advisor";
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app_name);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);

constraints = [
  { "min_version" : "6.2", "fixed_version" : "6.4.0.103564" },
  { "min_version" : "6.5", "fixed_version" : "6.5.0.103604" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

References