Intel® LED Manager for NUC Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® LED Manager for NUC may allow denial of service.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-8685

Description: Improper authentication in subsystem for Intel ® LED Manager for NUC before version 1.2.3 may allow 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

Affected Products:

Intel® LED Manager for NUC before version 1.2.3.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® LED Manager for NUC to version 1.2.3 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27641&gt;

Acknowledgements:

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

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