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Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Bluetooth® Advisory

Intel ID: INTEL-SA-001039
Advisory Category: Software, Firmware
Impact of vulnerability: Denial of Service
Severity rating: HIGH
Original release: 05/14/2024
Last revised: 05/14/2024
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Summary: 

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Bluetooth® products may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware and software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details: 

CVEID:  CVE-2023-38654

Description: Improper input validation for some some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software for Windows before version 23.20 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

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



CVEID:  CVE-2023-47859

Description: Improper access control for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth products for Windows before version 23.20 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.5 Medium

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



CVEID:  CVE-2023-47210

Description: Improper input validation for some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software for linux before version 23.20 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.7 Medium

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



CVEID:  CVE-2023-45845

Description: Improper conditions check for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® products for Windows before version 23.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium

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



CVEID:  CVE-2023-38417

Description: Improper input validation for some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software before version 23.20 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 Medium

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



CVEID:  CVE-2023-40536

Description: Race condition for some some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software for Windows before version 23.20 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi software before version 23.20.

CVE ID

Affected Products

Affected OS

CVE-2023-38654
CVE-2023-40536

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE202

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2023-38417

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411
Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE202

Windows 10 & 11
Linux
Chrome

CVE-2023-47210

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE202

Linux, Chrome

 

Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® products before version 23.20:

CVE ID

Affected Products

Affected OS

CVE-2023-47859 
CVE-2023-45845

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX411
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX211
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX210
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
Intel® Wireless-AC 9462
Intel® Wireless-AC 9461
Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE202

Windows 10 & 11

 

Recommendation:

Windows OS:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi software update to version 23.20 or later.

Updates are available for download at these locations:

.exe installer:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19351/812774/windows-10-and-windows-11-wi-fi-drivers-for-intel-wireless-adapters.html

IT admin package:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18231/812775/intel-proset-wireless-software-and-drivers-for-it-admins.html

Intel recommends updating the affected Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® products to software version 23.20 or later.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 updates are available for download at this location:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18649/intel-wireless-bluetooth-for-windows-10-and-windows-11.html


Chrome OS:
Consult the regular open-source channels to obtain this update.

Linux OS:
Consult the regular open-source channels to obtain this update.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank sim0nsecurity (CVE-2023-47859) for reporting this issue.

These issues were found internally by Intel employees (CVE-2023-38654, CVE-2023-38417, CVE-2023-47210, CVE-2023-40536 and CVE-2023-45845). Intel would like to thank Metrik Igor, AmitX Melech, Emmanuel Grumbach, Aviv Levintal, Ben Peretz, and Kaplan Guy.

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 05/14/2024 Initial Release
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