CVE-2016-8518
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 · uneditedA remote denial of service vulnerability in HPE Systems Insight Manager in all versions prior to 7.6 was found.
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 confidenceA remote denial of service vulnerability in HPE Systems Insight Manager affects all versions prior to 7.6. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, likely without authentication, causing the service to become unavailable.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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< 7.6CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 HPE Systems Insight Manager versionOpen the HPE Systems Insight Manager console and navigate to Help > About, or check the installed software via the Windows Programs and Features control panel to locate the exact version numberAffected if The displayed version is lower than 7.6 (e.g., 7.5.x, 7.0.x, 6.x, etc.)
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Verify the SIM service is runningOpen Windows Services (services.msc) and locate the 'HP Systems Insight Manager' service, or run 'sc query HPESIM' from an elevated command promptAffected if The service is in a Running state and responds to network requests
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Confirm network exposure of the SIM web interfaceCheck the HPE SIM web server configuration by reviewing the httpd.conf or equivalent configuration file, and use netstat -an | findstr LISTENING to identify ports 50000 or 443 where SIM typically listensAffected if The SIM web interface is bound to a reachable IP address and is accessible from the network (not localhost-only)
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Test for service availability responseUse a browser or curl to attempt a connection to the SIM web port (typically http://hostname:50000 or https://hostname:50001) and observe whether the page loads or returns an errorAffected if The service responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests, indicating it could be exploited for denial of service
You are affected if HPE Systems Insight Manager version 7.6 or later is NOT installed AND the service is running and network-accessible.
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 data7.6
Upgrade HPE Systems Insight Manager to version 7.6 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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