CVE-2017-8979 Auth bypass in Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)

What is CVE-2017-8979?

CVE-2017-8979 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2), published on 15 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hp Integrated Lights-Out 2 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2017-8979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)

• CVE-2014-7876 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-2601 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2017-12543 Information disclosure in Integrated Lights-Out 4 Medium 6.5
• CVE-2015-2106 Auth bypass in n/a Medium 6.4
• CVE-2018-7112 Information disclosure in Windows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x3xr-3gr5-982m.