HPE Superdome Flex 280 servers update for Intel 3rd Gen Xeon firmware

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96213

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25939

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. Mirrored regions with different values in 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors may allow a local privileged user to crash the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Superdome Flex 280 Server: before 1.90.12

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:superdome_flex_280_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbhf04718en_us

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.