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2023.1 IPU - BIOS Advisory
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00717 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Firmware |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege |
| Severity rating: | HIGH |
| Original release: | 02/14/2023 |
| Last revised: | 02/14/2023 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Secure Initialization (SINIT) Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2022-26343
Description: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2022-30539
Description: Use after free in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2022-32231
Description: Improper initialization in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2022-26837
Description: Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2022-30704
Description: Improper initialization in the Intel(R) TXT SINIT ACM for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVEID: CVE-2021-0187
Description: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 3.2 Low
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
Server, Workstation |
50656 50657 |
BF |
Intel® Xeon® D processor family |
Server |
50654 |
B7 |
Intel® Xeon® Platinum P-8124, P-8136 processors |
Server |
50653 |
97 |
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family |
Server |
50654 |
B7 |
Intel® Xeon® D processor 1500 series |
Server |
50665 |
10 |
Intel® Xeon® D processor 1500 series |
Server |
50663 50664 |
10 10 |
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon ®Scalable Processor Family |
Server |
5065B |
BF |
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
Server |
606A6 |
87 |
3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
Server |
5065B |
TBD |
Intel® Xeon® E processor family |
Workstation |
906EA 906ED |
22 |
Intel® Xeon® E processor family |
Server, Workstation |
906E9 |
2A |
11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor Intel® Xeon® W processor |
Server, Workstation |
A0671 |
02 |
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
Server |
606A6 |
87 |
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family |
Server |
50654 |
B7 |
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon ®Scalable Processor Family |
Server |
5065B |
BF |
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
Server |
50657 |
BF |
3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
Server |
606A6 |
87 |
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family |
Server |
50653 50654 |
97 B7 |
Product Collection |
Vertical Segment |
CPU ID |
Platform ID |
11th Generation Intel® Core Processor Family |
Mobile |
806D1 806C1 806C2 |
C2 80 |
12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Family Intel® Celeron® Processor Family |
Desktop Mobile |
90672 90675 906A3 906A4 |
01 |
11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family Intel® Xeon® E-2300 processor family Intel® Xeon® W processor family |
Desktop Server Workstation |
A0671 A0653 |
01 |
Recommendations:
Intel recommends that users of listed Intel® Processors update to the latest versions provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Dmitry Frolov (CVE-2022-26837), Yngweijw (Jiawei Yin) (CVE-2022-30539) for reporting these issues.
The following issues were found internally by Intel employees; CVE-2022-26343, CVE-2022-32231, CVE-2021-0187 and CVE-2022-30704.
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