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CVE-2021-36284

Medium

Description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.7
Exploit probability—
ProductDell Latitude 5310 2-in-1 Firmware
PublishedSep 28, 2021
First seenSep 28, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-307CWE-307

How to fix

Update
  • dell latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmware1.7.0 or later
  • dell latitude_5320_firmware1.7.0 or later
  • dell latitude_5400_firmware1.7.1 or later
  • dell latitude_5411_firmware1.6.0 or later
  • dell latitude_5500_firmware1.8.0 or later
  • dell latitude_5520_firmware1.6.0 or later
  • dell latitude_5511_firmware1.7.1 or later
  • dell latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet_firmware1.7.0 or later
  • dell latitude_7280_firmware1.9.1 or later
  • dell latitude_7320_firmware1.7.0 or later
  • dell latitude_7370_firmware1.7.1 or later
  • dell latitude_7420_firmware1.7.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dell latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_5320_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_5400_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1
dell latitude_5411_firmwarev < 1.6.01.6.0
dell latitude_5500_firmwarev < 1.8.01.8.0
dell latitude_5520_firmwarev < 1.6.01.6.0
dell latitude_5511_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1
dell latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_7280_firmwarev < 1.9.11.9.1
dell latitude_7320_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_7370_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1
dell latitude_7420_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_7480_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1
dell latitude_9410_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1
dell latitude_9510_firmwarev < 1.7.01.7.0
dell latitude_9520_firmwarev < 1.6.01.6.0
dell optiplex_3080_firmwarev < 1.5.21.5.2
dell optiplex_3280_aio_firmwarev < 1.2.01.2.0
dell optiplex_7480_aio_firmwarev < 1.2.01.2.0
dell precision_3551_ffirmwarev < 1.6.21.6.2
dell precision_3640_tower_firmwarev < 1.7.11.7.1

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