Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42 i40e Driver input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component i40e Driver. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-0149. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controller up to 2.8.42. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component i40e Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Insufficient input validation 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 disclosed 11/14/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-0149 since 11/13/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 246862 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-0149), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.8.43 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (246862). The entries VDB-145593, VDB-145591, VDB-145590 and VDB-145589 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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