CVE-2017-8977 Denial of service in Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance.

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-2017-8977?

CVE-2017-8977 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance, published on 15 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Remote Denial of Service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance version v1.20 was found.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8977?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hp Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8977 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-2017-8977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xf5-f23f-5cff.

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