PT-2021-21220 · Dell Emc · Dell Emc Avamar

Published 2021-12-21 · Updated 2022-11-07 · CVE-2021-36318

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell EMC Avamar versions 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4

Description The issue is related to plain-text password storage. A high privileged user could potentially exploit this, leading to a complete outage.

Recommendations For versions 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, consider changing the storage of passwords to a more secure method to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to high privileged users until a more secure password storage solution is implemented.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

CWE-522

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-36318

Affected Products

Dell Emc Avamar

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36318 · Security Note
• https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/000193369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/34443 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24957 · Telegram Post