MegaRAC BMC Vulnerabilities Affecting Compute Servers
Priority: ● High
Status: In Progress- Undergoing Analysis
First Published: 23 December 2022
Advisory Version: 1.1
References: CVE-2022-40259, CVE-2022-40242, CVE-2022-2827
Summary
Three security vulnerabilities affecting the MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software from American Megatrends were recently discovered. These vulnerabilities are:
CVE-2022-40259: AMI MegaRAC Redfish Arbitrary Code Execution
CVE-2022-40242: MegaRAC Default Credentials Vulnerability
CVE-2022-2827: Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0
The MegaRAC BMC software is commonly used by many server vendors.
Affected Products
Vulnerable Products
The following matrix lists Hitachi Vantara server products which have been confirmed to be affected by any of these vulnerabilities. If a Fixed Release Version is accompanied by a future date, the date is the best estimate we can provide based on current information and mitigation testing progress. If no Fixed Release Version is indicated for an affected product, Hitachi Vantara is continuing to evaluate the fix, and will update this advisory as additional information becomes available.
| Product | Fixed Release Version |
| Compute Products |
| Hitachi Advanced Server DS120 (G1), DS220 (G1), DS225 (G1), DS240 (G1) |
· CVE-2022-40259: Not affected. Vulnerable code is not present. |
| Hitachi Advanced Server DS120 (G2), DS220 (G2) | · CVE-2022-40259: Affected. Will be fixed in BMC 3.34.06 · CVE-2022-40242: Not affected. Conditions for occurrence not met. · CVE-2022-2827: Affected. Will be fixed in BMC 3.34.06 |
| Server for Solutions, Single-Node D51B-2U, T41S-2U | · CVE-2022-40259: Not Affected. Vulnerable code is not present · CVE-2022-40242: Affected. Suggest disabling SSH service by IPMI command · CVE-2022-2827: Not Affected. |
Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
At the time of this advisory's publication, only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section above are confirmed to be affected by this vulnerability.
Recommended Actions
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