Intel Server Board/Server System/Compute Module up to 1.58 out-of-bounds write

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Intel Server Board, Server System and Compute Module up to 1.58. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-8730. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Server Board, Server System and Compute Module up to 1.58 (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based overflow for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was released 08/13/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8730 since 02/06/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.59 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-159802, VDB-159803, VDB-159804 and VDB-159805. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• Compute Module
• Server Board
• Server System

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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