Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42 i40e Driver resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component i40e Driver. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-0146. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component i40e Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Resource leak in i40e driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 2.8.43 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

The weakness was shared 11/14/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-0146 since 11/13/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.8.43 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-145593, VDB-145592, VDB-145591 and VDB-145590 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• Ethernet 700 Series Controller

Version

• 2.8.0
• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 2.8.3
• 2.8.4
• 2.8.5
• 2.8.6
• 2.8.7
• 2.8.8
• 2.8.9
• 2.8.10
• 2.8.11
• 2.8.12
• 2.8.13
• 2.8.14
• 2.8.15
• 2.8.16
• 2.8.17
• 2.8.18
• 2.8.19
• 2.8.20
• 2.8.21
• 2.8.22
• 2.8.23
• 2.8.24
• 2.8.25
• 2.8.26
• 2.8.27
• 2.8.28
• 2.8.29
• 2.8.30
• 2.8.31
• 2.8.32
• 2.8.33
• 2.8.34
• 2.8.35
• 2.8.36
• 2.8.37
• 2.8.38
• 2.8.39
• 2.8.40
• 2.8.41
• 2.8.42

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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