CVE-2022-34389: Medium severity dell supportassist vulnerability

Published Feb 10, 2023
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Updated

Dell SupportAssist contains a rate limit bypass issues in screenmeet API third party component. An unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and impersonate a legitimate dell customer to a dell support technician.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs<3.3.0
Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs<3.12.3

Event History

Feb 10, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:23 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:23 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-34389?

CVE-2022-34389 refers to a vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist that allows a rate limit bypass in the screenmeet API third-party component.

2

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2022-34389?

An unauthenticated attacker could exploit CVE-2022-34389 to impersonate a legitimate Dell customer to a Dell support technician.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2022-34389?

CVE-2022-34389 has a severity rating of medium, with a severity value of 5.3.

4

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-34389?

Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs up to version 3.3.0 and Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs up to version 3.12.3 are affected by CVE-2022-34389.

5

How can I fix CVE-2022-34389?

To fix CVE-2022-34389, Dell recommends updating to the latest version of Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs or Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs.

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