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CVE-2024-0171

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-367

Description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.

Affected products

• Dell Poweredge C6615 Firmware: before 1.3.3 — fixed in 1.3.3
• Dell Poweredge R6615 Firmware: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3
• Dell Poweredge R6625 Firmware: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3
• Dell Poweredge R7615 Firmware: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3
• Dell Poweredge R7625 Firmware: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3
• Dell Xc Core Xc7625 Firmware: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Poweredge C6615 Firmware 1.3.3; Dell Poweredge R6615 Firmware 1.8.3; Dell Poweredge R6625 Firmware 1.8.3; Dell Poweredge R7615 Firmware 1.8.3; Dell Poweredge R7625 Firmware 1.8.3; Dell Xc Core Xc7625 Firmware 1.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000226253/dsa-2024-039-security-update-for-dell-amd-based-poweredge-server-vulnerability
• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000226253/dsa-2024-039-security-update-for-dell-amd-based-poweredge-server-vulnerability

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