CVE-2016-8226

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8226
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-26 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-01 02:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe BIOS in Lenovo System X M5, M6, and X6 systems allows administrators to cause a denial of service via updating a UEFI data structure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-19

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X280 M6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X280 M6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X480 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X480 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X880 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Flex System X880 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Nextscale Nx360 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo Nextscale Nx360 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3250 M6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3250 M6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3500 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3500 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3550 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3550 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3650 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3650 M5 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3850 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3850 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3950 X6 Bios - All All All
Application Lenovo System X3950 X6 Bios - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2016-8226 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Denial of service attack on Lenovo System X M5, M6, and X6 systems - Lenovo Support CONFIRM support.lenovo.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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