CVE-2017-3768 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM and Lenovo System x Integrated Management Module 2 (IMM2) versions prior to 4.4 and 6.4, respectively. An unprivileged attacker can exhaust IMM2 system memory by flooding it with authentication failures via the Common Information Model (CIM), leading to repeated reboots. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenova:flex_system_x240_m5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenova:flex_system_x280_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenova:flex_system_x440_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenova:flex_system_x480_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenova:flex_system_x880_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.