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DSA-2024-021: iDRAC 8 and iDRAC 9 Security Update for CVE-2023-48795

Summary: Dell iDRAC 8 and Dell iDRAC 9 security update for an OpenSSH vulnerability.

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Impact

Medium

Details

Third-party Component CVEs More Information

OpenSSH CVE-2023-48795 See https://nvd.nist.gov for details

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Affected Products and Remediation

CVEs Addressed Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link

CVE-2023-48795 iDRAC 9 prior to 7.00.00.171 7.00.00.171 iDRAC9 for 14th
Generation PowerEdge
Rx4xx/ Cx4xx
CVE-2023-48795 iDRAC 8 prior to 2.86.86.86 2.86.86.86 iDRAC8 for 13th
Generation PowerEdge

Workarounds and Mitigations

CVE ID Workaround and Mitigation

For iDRAC 9 mitigation, use the command below to update the SSH crypto ciphers using iDRAC racadm Interface.
racadm>>set idrac.sshcrypto.ciphers aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com

CVE-2023-48795

Note: Make sure to use a ssh client that supports one or more of the ciphers above.
More details can be found at the iDRAC 9 User Guide
For iDRAC 8 workaround, disable SSH on iDRAC.
This can be done in the iDRAC Web interface by navigating to Overview > iDRAC Settings > Network > Services.
CVE-2023-48795

More details can be found at the iDRAC 8 User Guide

Revision History

Revision Date Description

1.0 2024-1-29 Initial Release
2.0 2024-1-30 Format update and adding regulatory external redirection icon
3.0 2024-02-26 Enhanced content for increase usefulness: product categories applicability and updated remediation table
4.0 2024-04-05 Added remediation information for iDRAC8
Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices

Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide 

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Affected Product

XC Series Appliances, iDRAC8, iDRAC9, DSS 8440, DSS 9600, DSS 9620, DSS 9630, Dell EMC XC Core XCXR2, Dell EMC XC Core XC740xd2,
Dell EMC XC Series XC640 Appliance, Dell EMC XC Core XC640 System, Dell EMC XC Series XC6420 Appliance, Dell EMC XC Core 6420
System, Dell EMC XC Series XC740xd Appliance, Dell EMC XC Core XC740xd System, Dell EMC XC Series XC940 Appliance, Dell EMC XC
Core XC940 System, iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller version 2.85.85.85, iDRAC9 - 6.xx Series, iDRAC9 - 7.xx Series, PowerEdge XR2,
Precision 7960 XL Rack, Poweredge C4140, PowerEdge C6220, PowerEdge C6420, PowerEdge C6525, PowerEdge C6600, PowerEdge
C6615, PowerEdge C6620, PowerEdge HS5610, PowerEdge HS5620, PowerEdge M640, PowerEdge M640 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge
MX740C, PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge MX840C, PowerEdge R240, PowerEdge R250, PowerEdge R340,
PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415,
PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R740,
PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge
R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs,
PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960,
PowerEdge T140, PowerEdge T150, PowerEdge T340, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge
T640, PowerEdge XE2420, PowerEdge XE7420, PowerEdge XE7440, PowerEdge XE8545, PowerEdge XE8640, PowerEdge XE9640,
PowerEdge XE9680, PowerEdge XR11, PowerEdge XR12, PowerEdge XR4510c, PowerEdge XR4520c, PowerEdge XR5610, PowerEdge
XR7620, PowerEdge XR8610t, PowerEdge XR8620t, Precision 7920 Rack, Precision 7960 Rack, Dell EMC Storage NX3240, Dell EMC
Storage NX3340

Last Published Date

05 Apr 2024

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