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2020.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00358 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Firmware |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service |
| Severity rating: | HIGH |
| Original release: | 11/10/2020 |
| Last revised: | 11/10/2020 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2020-0590
Description: Improper input validation in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.7 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2020-0587
Description: Improper conditions check in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVEID: CVE-2020-0591
Description: Improper buffer restrictions in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2020-0593
Description: Improper buffer restrictions in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVEID: CVE-2020-0588
Description: Improper conditions check in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 3.8 Low
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVEID: CVE-2020-0592
Description: Out of bounds write in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 3.0 Low
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- CVE-2020-0590
- CVE-2020-0591
- CVE-2020-0592
- CVE-2020-0593
- CVE-2020-0587
- CVE-2020-0588
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family, Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family and Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
- CVE-2020-0591
- CVE-2020-0592
10th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, 9th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors and
Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® Hybrid Technology
- CVE-2020-0593
Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family and Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
- CVE-2020-0592
Intel® Core™ X-series Processors and Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family
- CVE-2020-0587
- CVE-2020-0591
- CVE-2020-0592
- CVE-2020-0593
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family, Intel® Xeon® W Processor and Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
- CVE-2020-0591
- CVE-2020-0592
- CVE-2020-0593
Recommendations:
Intel recommends that users of the affected products update to the latest BIOS firmware provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
Acknowledgements:
These issues were found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank, Nagaraju N Kodalapura and Hareesh Khattri for CVE-2020-0590, Jorge E Gonzalez Diaz for CVE-2020-0588, Nicholas Armour for CVE-2020-0587, and Brent Holtsclaw for CVE-2020-0591 and CVE-2020-0591.
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