Protection mechanism failure in Certain HPE ProLiant DL/ML and MicroServer Using Certain Intel Processors

1) Protection Mechanism Failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU87495

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39368

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures in the bus lock regulator mechanism. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_microserver_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_ml30_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dl20_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00972.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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