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2024.3 IPU - UEFI Firmware Advisory
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-01071 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Firmware |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure |
| Severity rating: | HIGH |
| Original release: | 09/10/2024 |
| Last revised: | 09/10/2024 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure. Intel is releasing UEFI firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2024-23599
Description: Race condition in Seamless Firmware Updates for some Intel® reference platforms may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.9 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.3 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2024-21871
Description: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 7.3 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2023-43626
Description: Improper access control in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.7 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2023-42772
Description: Untrusted pointer dereference in UEFI firmware for some Intel® reference processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.7 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2024-21829
Description: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware error handler for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.7 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2024-21781
Description: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to enable information disclosure or denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.2 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 7.0 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2023-41833
Description: A race condition in UEFI firmware for some Intel® processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.7 High
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2023-23904
Description: NULL pointer dereference in the UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.1 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 6.9 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L
CVEID: CVE-2023-22351
Description: Out-of-bounds write in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.1 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 6.9 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L
CVEID: CVE-2023-43753
Description: Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Processors with Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 5.3 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CVEID: CVE-2023-25546
Description: Out-of-bounds read in UEFI firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 2.5 Low
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 1.8 Low
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Affected Products:
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CVE ID |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
Intel® Atom® C processor Family |
Server |
506F1 |
01 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E Family |
Server |
906EA |
22 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family |
Server |
50665 |
10 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v6 Family |
Server |
906E9 |
2A |
|
Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor N Series |
Mobile |
906C0 |
A0 |
|
10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Mobile |
706E5 |
80 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family |
Server |
606C1 |
10 |
|
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family |
Server |
606A6 |
87 |
|
11th Gen Intel Core |
Desktop |
A0671 |
02 |
|
Intel® Xeon® E Processor |
Server |
A0671 |
02 |
|
Intel® Celeron® 6305E/RE |
Mobile |
806C1 |
80 |
|
Intel Atom® C5000 and P5000 Product Family |
Server |
80665 |
01 |
|
12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Mobile |
906A4 |
80 |
|
12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Mobile |
B06E0 |
11 |
|
13th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Mobile |
B0671 |
01 |
|
10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Desktop |
A0653 |
22 |
|
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family |
Server |
5065B |
BF |
|
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
Workstation |
50654 |
97 |
|
Intel Atom® Processor X Series |
Embedded |
B06E0 |
11 |
|
Intel Atom® Processor C Series |
Embedded |
906A4 |
80 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family |
Server |
50663 |
10 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family |
Server |
406F1 |
EF |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family |
Server |
306F2 |
6F |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family |
Server |
306F4 |
80 |
|
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family |
Server |
406F1 |
EF |
|
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
Server |
50657 |
BF |
|
6th Generation Intel® Core Processor Family |
Server |
506E3 |
C2 |
|
Intel Atom® Processor X Series |
Embedded |
90661 |
C2 |
Recommendation:
Intel recommends that users of Intel® Processors update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
Acknowledgements:
The following were found by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Ilya Alexandrovich (CVE-2023-43753) and Majid Shushtarian, Richard Thomaiyar, James Mihm, Vernon Maurey, Nilanthren (CVE-2024-23599).
Intel would like to thank Phoenix Technologies (CVE-2023-43626), Yngweijw (CVE-2024-21871, CVE-2023-42772, CVE-2023-41833, CVE-2024-21829), Jeremy Boone (@uffeux) (CVE-2023-22351, CVE-2023-23904, CVE-2023-25546) for reporting these issues.
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