CVE-2016-8106 Denial of service in Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 family
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Intel Ethernet Controllers by preventing network traffic processing under specific conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8106?
CVE-2016-8106 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 family, published on 9 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Denial of Service in Intel Ethernet Controller's X710/XL710 with Non-Volatile Memory Images before version 5.05 allows a remote attacker to stop the controller from processing network traffic working under certain network use conditions.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8106?
It affects 28 products.
Products include Hp Ethernet 10gb 2-Port 562flr-Sfp\+, Hp Ethernet 10gb 2-Port 562sfp\+, Hp Ethernet 10gb 4-Port 563sfp\+, Hp Proliant Xl260a G9 Server, Intel Ethernet Controller X710 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Controller Xl710 Firmware and 22 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8106?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-8106 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8106 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as CVE-2017-1298, GHSA-vpfc-r6w9-mf39.