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Intel Q1’18 Intel® Active Management Technology 9.x/10.x/11.x Security Review Cumulative Update
| Intel ID: |
INTEL-SA-00112 |
|---|---|
| Product family: |
Intel® Active Management Technology |
| Impact of vulnerability: |
Elevation of Privilege |
| Severity rating: |
Important |
| Original release: |
07/10/2018 |
| Last revised: |
05/12/2022 |
Summary:
In an effort to continuously improve the robustness of the Intel® Converged Security Management Engine (Intel® CSME), Intel has performed a security review of its Intel® CSME with the objective of continuously enhancing firmware resilience.
Description:
In an effort to continuously improve the robustness of the Intel® Converged Security Management Engine (Intel® CSME), Intel has performed a security review of its Intel® CSME with the objective of continuously enhancing firmware resilience.
As a result, Intel has identified security vulnerabilities that could potentially place affected platforms at risk.
Intel® Active Management Technology 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x used in corporate PCs (Intel® vProTM, Intel® AMT), IOT devices, workstations and servers may be affected by these issues.
Affected products:
The issues affect Intel® Active Management Technology 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x used in corporate PCs (Intel® vProTM, Intel® AMT), IOT devices, workstations and servers. These firmware versions may be found on certain products:
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo vPro™ and Intel® Centrino™ 2 vPro™
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family
• Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 & v6 Product Family (Greenlow)
• Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Purley)
• Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family (Basin Falls)
CVE ID |
CVE Title |
CVSSv3 severity |
CVSSv3 Vectors |
CVE-2018-3628 |
Buffer overflow in HTTP handler in Intel® Active Management Technology in Intel Converged Security Manageability Engine Firmware 3.x,4.x,5.x,6.x,7.x,8.x,9.x, 10.x,11.x may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the same subnet |
8.1 (High) |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2018-3629 |
Buffer overflow in event handler in Intel® Active Management Technology in Intel Converged Security Manageability Engine Firmware 3.x,4.x,5.x,6.x,7.x,8.x,9.x, 10.x,11.x may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via the same subnet |
7.5 (High) |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2018-3632 |
Memory corruption in Intel® Active Management Technology in Intel Converged Security Manageability Engine Firmware 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.0/11.5/11.6/11.7/11.10/11.20 could be triggered by an attacker with local administrator permission on system |
6.4 (Medium) |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Recommendations:
Intel recommends that end users check with their system manufacturers and apply any available updates as soon as practical, based on the versions listed below, or higher:
Associated CPU Generation |
Resolved Firmware versions or higher |
4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Intel® CSME 9.1.43 Intel® CSME 9.5.63 |
5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Intel® CSME 10.0.57 |
6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Intel® CSME 11.8.50 |
7th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Intel® CSME 11.8.50 |
8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family |
Intel® CSME 11.8.50 |
Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 & v6 Product Family |
Intel® CSME 11.8.50 |
Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family |
Intel® CSME 11.21.51 |
Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family |
Intel® CSME 11.11.50 |
- The Intel® CSME firmware for the following products is no longer supported. These products will not receive a firmware update: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo vPro™, Intel® Centrino™ 2 vPro™, 1st Generation Intel® Core™, 2nd Generation Intel® Core™, 3rd Generation Intel® Core™.
Acknowledgements:
The following issues were found internally by Intel, CVE-2018-3628, CVE-2018-3629 and CVE-2018-3632. Intel would like to thank Yossef Kuszer.
CVE Name: CVE-2018-3628, CVE-2018-3629, CVE-2018-3632
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