CVE-2021-25172 Command injection in HPE Apollo 70 System

High 7.8 Published Updated

Command injection in HPE Apollo 70 BMC firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the management controller.

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-2021-25172?

CVE-2021-25172 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in HPE Apollo 70 System, published on 8 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware in HPE Apollo 70 System prior to version 3.0.14.0 has a command injection vulnerability in libifc.so websetdefaultlangcfg function.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25172?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hpe Baseboard Management Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-25172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4j5c-2m58-55rj.

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