Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-12166

Description: Insufficient write protection in firmware for Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2018-12167

Description: Firmware update routine in bootloader for Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X to E2010435 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28035/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Tool?product=87278&gt;

Acknowledgements:

These issues were found internally by Intel.

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 deployed.