2023.1 IPU - Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) firmware may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-36348

Description: Active debug code in some Intel® SPS firmware before version SPS_E5_04.04.04.300.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.8 High

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

CVEID: CVE-2022-36794

Description: Improper condition check in some Intel® SPS firmware before version SPS_E3_06.00.03.300.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable 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:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® SPS firmware before version SPS_E5_04.04.04.300.0.

Intel® SPS firmware before version SPS_E3_06.00.03.300.0.

Recommendations:

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

Acknowledgements:

The following issues were found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Tomasz Bagniuk and Witold Kryszak.

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.