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Status published
Critical
CVE-2017-8979
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
View all reports →Affected Software
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)
Vulnerable Versions:
2.29
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 15th, 2018
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.