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HP Integrated Lights-Out Improper Input Validation (CVE-2017-8979)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 504383

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a 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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0d047f53

http://www.nessus.org/u?1afe7d99

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 504383

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_2_firmware:2.29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/HP

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8979