HP Server Killer Firmware Update On the Loose

Posted by timothy on Friday April 25, 2014 @12:43AM from the just-this-one-little-problem dept.

OffTheLip (636691) writes "According to a Customer Advisory released by HP and reported on by the Channel Register website, a recently released firmware update for the ubiquitous HP Proliant server line could disable the network capability of affected systems. Broadcom NICs in G2-G7 servers are identified as potentially vulnerable. The release date for the firmware was April 18 so expect the number of systems affected to go up. HP has not released the number of systems vulnerable to the update."

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Re:Hot firmware by SJHillman · 2014-04-25 01:57 · Score: 4, Funny

The company budget committee helps us avoid issues like this. The majority of our gear is old enough that there hasn't been a firmware update in four or five years. And no plans to replace it any time soon.