CVE-2016-8516 A remote denial of service vulnerability in HPE Systems Insight Manager in all versions prior to 7.6 was found.
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8516 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-8516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hp Systems Insight Manager, published on 15 Feb 2018.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Hp Systems Insight Manager. 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-2016-8516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8516/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8516?
CVE-2016-8516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hp Systems Insight Manager, published on 15 Feb 2018.
Official description
A remote denial of service vulnerability in HPE Systems Insight Manager in all versions prior to 7.6 was found.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8516?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Systems Insight Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Systems Insight Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prx9-98cr-w8j7.