CVE-2021-21559

medium

Description

Dell EMC NetWorker, versions 18.x, 19.1.x, 19.2.x 19.3.x, 19.4, and 19.4.0.1 contain an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in the client (NetWorker Management Console) components which uses SSL encrypted connection in order to communicate with the application server. An unauthenticated attacker in the same network collision domain as the NetWorker Management Console client could potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform man-in-the-middle attacks to intercept and tamper the traffic between the client and the application server.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000186638/dsa-2021-104-dell-emc-networker-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-08

Updated: 2021-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.9

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium