Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controller Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow escalation of privilege and/or denial of service.** **Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-8693

Description: Improper buffer restrictions in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2020-8692

Description: Insufficient access control in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2020-8690

Description: Protection mechanism failure in Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.1 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2020-8691

Description: A logic issue in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.7 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers to version 7.3 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25790/Non-Volatile-Memory-NVM-Update-Utility-for-Intel-Ethernet-Adapters-700-Series-Windows-?product=36773&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 available.