Intel® Ethernet VMware Drivers Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Ethernet VMware drivers may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-36416

Description: Protection mechanism failure in the Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware before version 1.10.0.13 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2022-36797

Description: Protection mechanism failure in the Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware before version 1.10.0.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 3.3 Low

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMWare before version 1.10.0.13.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMWare to version 1.10.0.13 or later.

• Updates are available for download at this location: ixgben

Acknowledgements:

These issues were found internally by Intel employees.****

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.