Potential security vulnerabilities in Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow escalation of privilege and/or denial of service.** **Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
CVEID: CVE-2020-8693
Description: Improper buffer restrictions in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2020-8692
Description: Insufficient access control in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or 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:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2020-8690
Description: Protection mechanism failure in Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2020-8691
Description: A logic issue in the firmware of the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.3.
Intel recommends updating Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers to version 7.3 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
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 available.