A potential security vulnerability in the Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2021-33097
Description: Time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N****
Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX downloaded before Aug 2, 2021.****
Intel recommends updating to the latest version of the Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX available at Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX.
Intel would like to thank the researchers listed below for reporting this issue:
· David Oswald & Jesse Spielman - University of Birmingham, UK
· Fritz Alder, Jo Van Bulck & Frank Piessens - imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, Belgium
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.