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American Megatrends BMC Vulnerability (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by krousenick to c/[email protected]

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Just wanted to share:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-ami-megarac-bugs-can-let-hackers-brick-vulnerable-servers/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"The impact of exploiting these vulnerabilities includes remote control of compromised servers, remote deployment of malware, ransomware and firmware implanting or bricking motherboard components (BMC or potentially BIOS/UEFI), potential physical damage to servers (over-voltage / firmware bricking), and indefinite reboot loops that a victim organization cannot interrupt," Eclypsium said.

Ouch.