Intel® Quartus® Software Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-37329

Description: Uncontrolled search path in some Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Edition software 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****

CVEID: CVE-2022-34157

Description: Improper access control in the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1 may allow 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® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1.

Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 21.3.

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software before version 21.1.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating to the versions below.

Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software to version 21.3 or later at:

https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/21.3/?edition=pro&platform=windows

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software to version 21.1 or later at:

https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/21.1/?edition=standard&platform=windows

Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition to version 22.1 or later at:

https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/22.1/?edition=pro&platform=windows

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai CVE-2022-37329, Intel employee CVE-2022-34157.

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.