# CVE-2020-29490: Denial of service in Unity

> Remote authenticated attackers can cause storage processor panic and denial of service on Dell EMC Unity systems via crafted UDP requests.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fj54-mvm9-92fv

## What is CVE-2020-29490?

CVE-2020-29490 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 5 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a Denial of Service vulnerability on NAS Servers with NFS exports. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and cause Denial of Service (Storage Processor Panic) by sending specially crafted UDP requests.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-29490?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Emc Unity Operating Environment, Dell Emc Unity Vsa Operating Environment, Dell Emc Unity Xt Operating Environment.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-29490?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-29490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-29490 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity

- [CVE-2021-36294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36294/): Auth bypass in VNX Control Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36288/): Path traversal in VNX2 (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-36289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36289/): Information disclosure in VNX Control Station (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-3741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3741/): Information disclosure in Unity (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11064/): Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Unity (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-29490 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-29490 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 5 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Unity. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29490/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29490/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29490
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29490
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29490

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