CVE-2017-3772 Denial of service in PC Manager

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a system reboot in Lenovo PC Manager, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-3772?

CVE-2017-3772 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo PC Manager, published on 31 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PC Manager versions prior to 2.6.40.3154 that could allow an attacker to cause a system reboot.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3772?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lenovo Pcmanager.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3772 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-2017-3772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6qqx-cj95-m623.

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