CPC G06F 21/577 (2013.01) [G06F 21/575 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An IHS (Information Handling System) comprising:
one or more CPUs utilizing one or more buses that connect to a plurality of hardware components of the IHS; and
a remote access controller supporting remote management of the Information Handling System (IHS), the remote access controller comprising a logic unit and a memory device having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the logic unit, cause the remote access controller to:
detect a request to boot the IHS;
determine one or more boot configurations comprising configurations for operation of one or more of the plurality of hardware components of the IHS;
access a plurality of catalogs specifying known vulnerabilities of hardware components;
determine whether any of the one or more of the boot configurations are identified as vulnerable in one or more of the catalogs; and
restrict booting of the IHS until the boot configurations are modified to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the plurality of catalogs.
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