Description
An unprivileged attacker with connectivity to the IMM2 could cause a denial of service attack on the IMM2 (Versions earlier than 4.4 for Lenovo System x and earlier than 6.4 for IBM System x). Flooding the IMM2 with a high volume of authentication failures via the Common Information Model (CIM) used by LXCA and OneCLI and other tools can exhaust available system memory which can cause the IMM2 to reboot itself until the requests cease.
Published: 2018-01-26
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-12885 An unprivileged attacker with connectivity to the IMM2 could cause a denial of service attack on the IMM2 (Versions earlier than 4.4 for Lenovo System x and earlier than 6.4 for IBM System x). Flooding the IMM2 with a high volume of authentication failures via the Common Information Model (CIM) used by LXCA and OneCLI and other tools can exhaust available system memory which can cause the IMM2 to reboot itself until the requests cease.
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Subscriptions

Ibm Bladecenter Hs22 Bladecenter Hs22 Firmware Bladecenter Hs23 Bladecenter Hs23 Firmware Bladecenter Hs23e Bladecenter Hs23e Firmware Flex System X220 M4 Flex System X220 M4 Firmware Flex System X222 M4 Flex System X222 M4 Firmware Flex System X240 M4 Flex System X240 M4 Firmware Flex System X280 M4 Flex System X280 M4 Firmware Flex System X440 M4 Flex System X440 M4 Firmware Flex System X480 M4 Flex System X480 M4 Firmware Flex System X880 M4 Flex System X880 M4 Firmware Idataplex Dx360 M4 Idataplex Dx360 M4 Firmware Idataplex Dx360 M4 Water Cooled Idataplex Dx360 M4 Water Cooled Firmware Nextscale Nx360 M4 Nextscale Nx360 M4 Firmware System X3100 M4 System X3100 M4 Firmware System X3100 M5 System X3100 M5 Firmware System X3250 M4 System X3250 M4 Firmware System X3250 M5 System X3250 M5 Firmware System X3300 M4 System X3300 M4 Firmware System X3500 M4 System X3500 M4 Firmware System X3530 M4 System X3530 M4 Firmware System X3550 M4 System X3550 M4 Firmware System X3630 M4 System X3630 M4 Firmware System X3650 M4 System X3650 M4 Bd System X3650 M4 Bd Firmware System X3650 M4 Firmware System X3650 M4 Hd System X3650 M4 Hd Firmware System X3750 M4 System X3750 M4 Firmware System X3850 X6 System X3850 X6 Firmware System X3950 X6 System X3950 X6 Firmware
Lenova Flex System X240 M4 Flex System X240 M4 Firmware Flex System X240 M5 Flex System X240 M5 Firmware Flex System X280 X6 Flex System X280 X6 Firmware Flex System X440 M4 Flex System X440 M4 Firmware Flex System X480 X6 Flex System X480 X6 Firmware Flex System X880 Flex System X880 Firmware Nextscale Nx360 M5 Nextscale Nx360 M5 Firmware System X3250 M6 System X3250 M6 Firmware System X3500 M5 System X3500 M5 Firmware System X3550 M5 System X3550 M5 Firmware System X3650 M5 System X3650 M5 Firmware System X3750 M4 System X3750 M4 Firmware System X3850 X6 System X3850 X6 Firmware System X3950 X6 System X3950 X6 Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:02:02.189Z

Reserved: 2016-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-3768

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-26T19:29:00.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:26:06.100

Link: CVE-2017-3768

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