CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-28971

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: May 08, 2024 | Modified: Jan 27, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell Update Manager Plugin, versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0, contains a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in Log file. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness

The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openmanage_enterprise_update_manager Dell 1.4.0 (including) 1.5.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References