CVE-2010-3006
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability on the HP ProLiant G6 Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card with firmware before 4.06 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceHP ProLiant G6 Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card firmware before version 4.06 contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely without authentication, affecting the out-of-band management interface commonly used for server administration.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.04CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify HP ProLiant G6 Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card presenceAccess the server physically or check server hardware documentation to confirm the presence of a Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card. This is an out-of-band management interface typically accessible via a dedicated NIC port on the server.Affected if The system is an HP ProLiant G6 server with a Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card installed.
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Check the firmware version of the Lights-Out 100 management interfaceLog into the iLO web interface or use the iLO command line utility (hpiloCfg or hponcfg) to retrieve the firmware version. The version is displayed in the iLO firmware information section.Affected if The displayed firmware version is 4.04 or earlier.
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Verify management interface network accessibilityCheck if the iLO management interface has an active IP address and is reachable on the network. This can be done by pinging the iLO IP address or checking network configuration through the host OS or iLO interface.Affected if The iLO management interface is network-accessible (has an IP assigned and responds to network requests).
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Confirm remote unauthenticated access is possibleAttempt to access the iLO web interface or network port from a remote system without providing credentials. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote exploitation.Affected if The iLO management interface is reachable remotely without authentication and responds to connection attempts.
A user is affected if they have an HP ProLiant G6 with a Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card running firmware version 4.04 or earlier, with the management interface accessible on the network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade HP ProLiant G6 Lights-Out 100 Remote Management card firmware to version 4.06 or later. If immediate patching is not possible, consider network isolating the management interface or restricting access via firewall rules to only trusted management networks.
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