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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(504383);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8979");

  script_name(english:"HP Integrated Lights-Out Improper Input Validation (CVE-2017-8979)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"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.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  # https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=hpesbhf03797en_us
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0d047f53");
  # https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03797en_us
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1afe7d99");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-8979");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/02/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/02/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_2_firmware:2.29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/HP");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/HP');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'HP');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_2_firmware:2.29" :
        {"versionEndIncluding" : "2.29", "versionStartIncluding" : "2.29", "family" : "ILO"}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);