Unauthenticated service interruption
Published Aug 6, 2024 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Denial of service in Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update before 5.4 allows remote attackers to interrupt service. Dell has not disclosed which remotely exposed method accepts attacker-controlled input or how its invocation disrupts the applications. No authentication or user interaction is required, and Dell reports limited integrity and availability impact rather than data disclosure or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update before 5.4 allows remote attackers to interrupt service. Dell has not disclosed which remotely exposed method accepts attacker-controlled input or how its invocation disrupts the applications. No authentication or user interaction is required, and Dell reports limited integrity and availability impact rather than data disclosure or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-28962
- Published
- Aug 6, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Dell Update
- Classifications
- CWE-610
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.4
- Affected versionversion=N/A <5.4
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