A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2018-12166
Description: Insufficient write protection in firmware for Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2018-12167
Description: Firmware update routine in bootloader for Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435.
Intel recommends updating Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X to E2010435 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28035/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Tool?product=87278>
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 deployed.