Intel® QAT Software Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) software may allow information disclsoure or escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2023-28741

Description: Buffer overflow in some Intel® QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0 before version 1.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.9 High

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

CVEID: CVE-2023-28378

Description: Improper authorization in some Intel® QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.0.4 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:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2023-28740

Description: Uncontrolled search path element in some Intel® QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.0.4 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-2023-22313

Description: Improper buffer restrictions in some Intel® QAT Library software before version 22.07.1 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 2.3 Low

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

Affected Products:

Intel® QAT Library (QATlib) before version 22.07.1.

Intel® QAT driver for Windows - HW Version 1.0 before version 1.10.

Intel® QAT driver for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.04.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT Software to the latest versions.

Updates are available for download at these locations:

• Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT Library (QATlib) to version 22.07.1 or later:
  <https://github.com/intel/qatlib/releases&gt;
• Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT driver for Windows - HW Version 1.0 to version 1.10 or later:
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/1973
• Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT driver for Windows - HW Version 2.0 to version 2.04 or later:
  <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/765502&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Aobo Wang of Chaitin Security Research Lab (CVE-2023-28741), Mohammed (CVE-2023-28740) and Marius Gabriel Mihai (CVE-2023-28378) for reporting these issues.

The following issue was found internally by Intel, CVE-2023-22313. Intel would like to thank Greg Thomas.

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.