# CVE-2013-4783: The Dell iDRAC6 with firmware 1.x before 1.92 and 2.x and 3.x before 3.42, and iDRAC7 with firmware before 1.23.23, allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-07-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Dell iDRAC6 with firmware 1.x before 1.92 and 2.x and 3.x before 3.42, and iDRAC7 with firmware before 1.23.23, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 (aka cipher zero) and an arbitrary password. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "DRAC's are intended to be on a separate management network; they are not designed nor intended to be placed on or connected to the Internet."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/4929.how-to-check-if-ipmi-cipher-0-is-off.aspx
- http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/ipmi/
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ipmi/ipmi_cipher_zero
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/93039
- ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/Common/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-6-for-monolithic-srvr-v1.95_FAQ2_en-us.pdf
- http://fish2.com/ipmi/cipherzero.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freeipmi-devel/2013-02/msg00013.html

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