# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 9 Jan 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2017-1298, GHSA-vpfc-r6w9-mf39

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8106?

It affects 28 products.


Products: 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, Lenovo Converged Hx5500 Appliance, Lenovo Converged Hx5510 Appliance, Lenovo Converged Hx7500 Appliance, Lenovo Converged Hx7510 Appliance, Lenovo Converged Hx Series, Lenovo Nextscale Nx360 M5, Lenovo System X3250 M5, Lenovo System X3500 M5, Lenovo System X3550 M5, Lenovo System X3650 M5, Lenovo System X3750 M4, Lenovo System X3850 X6, Lenovo System X3950 X6, Lenovo Thinkagile Cx2200 and 8 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.

## Is CVE-2016-8106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8106 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 family. 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-2016-8106/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8106/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8106
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8106
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8106

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