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Intel® Optane™ SSD and Intel® Optane™ SSD DC Firmware Advisory

Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00758
Advisory Category: Firmware
Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure
Severity rating: MEDIUM
Original release: 11/14/2023
Last revised: 11/14/2023
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Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Optane™ SSD and some Intel® Optane™ SSD DC products may allow escalation of privilege, information disclosure or denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
 

Vulnerability Details: 

CVEID: CVE-2023-24587

Description: Insufficient control flow management in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.9 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H


CVEID: CVE-2023-27519

Description: Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.9 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L


CVEID: CVE-2023-27879

Description: Improper access control in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N


CVEID: CVE-2023-27306

Description: Improper Initialization in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H


CVEID: CVE-2023-24588

Description: Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.9 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
 

Affected Products:

Product Family

  • Intel® Optane™ Memory H20 with Solid State Storage
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD 9 Series
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4801X Series
     

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating Intel® Optane™ SSD DC and Intel® Optane™ SSD Firmware to the latest version (see provided table).

Product Family - Mitigated versions

  • Intel® Optane™ Memory H20 with Solid State Storage - U4110553-G004
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD 9 Series - E2010650
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series - E2010650
  • Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4801X Series - E2010650

 

Updates are available for download at this location:

 

Acknowledgements:

These issues were found internally by Intel employees.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 11/14/2023 Initial Release
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