Intel® RST Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14568

Description: Improper permissions in the executable for Intel® RST before version 17.7.0.1006 may allow an authenticated 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:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

• Intel® RST v15.x before version 15.9.8.1050.
• Intel® RST v16.x before version 16.8.3.1003.
• Intel® RST v17.5 before version 17.5.1.1021
• Intel® RST v17.7 before version 17.7.0.1006

Recommendations:

Intel maintains three branches for this software, and recommends updating to the following, or later, versions:

Version

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Upgrade to:

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15.9.8.1050

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<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28998/Intel-Optane-Memory-User-Interface-and-Driver-for-System-Acceleration&gt;

16.8.3.1003

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<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28993/Intel-Optane-Memory-User-Interface-and-Driver-for-System-Acceleration&gt;

17.5.1.1021

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Intel recommends that users of Intel® RST** **update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

17.7.0.1006

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Upgrade to the latest RST driver version 17.9.1.1009

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue.

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.