Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Programmable Acceleration Card (PAC) N3000 may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service.****

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14626

Description: Improper access control in PCIe function for the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2019-14625

Description: Improper access control in on-card storage for the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000, all versions, 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/RL:U

Affected Products:

The Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 all versions.

Recommendations:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14626

Intel recommends that systems using the N3000 enable DMA protection, including pre-boot phases, as described in the following white paper:

Using IOMMU for DMA Protection in UEFI Firmware

<https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/8d/88/intel-whitepaper-using-iommu-for-dma-protection-in-uefi.pdf&gt;

CVEID: CVE-2019-14625

Intel will not be releasing an update for this issue. Intel recommends limiting privileged access of host systems to trusted individuals, as part of normal security practices.

Acknowledgements:

These issues were found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Hareesh Khattri (Security Researcher, IPAS).

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.