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		jmole on Aug 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Researchers discover potentially catastrophic expl... I’ve always kept the dedicated BMC network port locked down out of paranoia, but this seems to be an exploit that a rogue BMC or BIOS could use to access the host networking stack.

wmf on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

Rogue BIOS always had total control of the system; it doesn't need exploits.

creer on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

It doesn't even necessarily need a running/enabled BMC.

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