# CVE-2018-7101: Denial of service in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4)

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on HPE Integrated Lights-Out management interfaces, affecting server availability.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 27 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-52mp-r7pc-2454

## What is CVE-2018-7101?

CVE-2018-7101 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4), published on 27 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A potential remote denial of service security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Integrated Lights Out 4 prior to v2.60 and iLO 5 for Gen 10 servers prior to v1.30.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7101?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Hp Integrated Lights-Out 4 Firmware, Hp Integrated Lights-Out 5 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-7101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-7101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4)

- [CVE-2017-12542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12542/): Auth bypass in Integrated Lights-out 4 (iLO 4) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-11982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11982/): Cross-site scripting in HPE iLO4 and HPE iLO5 (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2018-7078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7078/): Code injection in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4), HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2019-11983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11983/): Memory corruption in HPE iLO4 and HPE iLO5 (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7101 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-7101 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4), published on 27 Sep 2018. 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-2018-7101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4). 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-2018-7101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7101/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7101
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7101
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7101

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.