Lenovo security advisory

Number: AV18-010
Date: 16 January 2018

Purpose

 

Assessment

Lenovo has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability known as “HP Backdoor” which could allow an unauthenticated remote user to bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges on a targeted device.

Affected Products:

  • Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 
  • Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 
  • Lenovo Flex System Fabric SI4093 10Gb System Interconnect Module 
  • Lenovo Flex System SI4091 System Interconnect Module 
  • Lenovo Rack Switch G8272-CNOS 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8332-CNOS 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G7028 (ThinkAgile CX2200) 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G7052 (ThinkAgile CX4200/CX4600) 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8052 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8124E (ThinkAgile CX2200) 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8264CS 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8272 (ThinkAgile CX4200/CX4600) 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8296-CNOS 
  • Lenovo RackSwitch G8332 
  • IBM Flex System™ Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 
  • IBM Flex System™ Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 
  • IBM Flex System™ Fabric SI4093 10Gb System Interconnect Module 
  • IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 
  • IBM 1G L2-7 SLB switch for Bladecenter 
  • IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 
  • IBM Bladecenter 1:10G Uplink Ethernet switch Module 
  • IBM BladeCenter Layer 2/3 Copper Ethernet Switch Module 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8264CS 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8264 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8052 
  • IBM Rackswitch G8332 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8124E 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8264T 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8316 
  • IBM RackSwitch G8124 

CVE Reference: CVE-2017-3765

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References

https://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/product_security/len-16095

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