Improper input validation in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-12559

 

Improper input validation in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-12559

Published: October 4, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8676
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12559
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Affected software:
HP Intelligent Management Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to input validation flaw in the mibFileServlet servlet. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to TCP port 8080 or 8443 to delete arbitrary files and cause the application to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12559

Update to version 7.3 E0506P03.

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