Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8979 - Unspecified vulnerability in HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Firmware 2.29

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
hp
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-02-15
Updated: 2019-10-03

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
1
Hardware
Hp
1

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idILO_HPESBHF_03797.NASL
descriptionA remote command execution vulnerability exists in Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) version 2.29 due to insufficient access control. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id122423
published2019-02-26
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122423
titleiLO 2 2.29 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122423);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/31 15:18:50");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8979");

  script_name(english:"iLO 2 2.29 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO).");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) server's web interface is
affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A remote command execution vulnerability exists in Integrated 
Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) version 2.29 due to insufficient access control.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass 
authentication, execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of 
service.");
  # https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=hpesbhf03797en_us
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0d047f53");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade firmware of HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) to 2.31, or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-8979");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/12/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_firmware");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ilo_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/ilo", "ilo/generation", "ilo/firmware");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include('http.inc');
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');

port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded: TRUE);
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'ilo', port:port, webapp:TRUE);

constraints = [{'generation': '2', 'equal':'2.29', 'fixed_version':'2.31'}];
vcf::ilo::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

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