AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics SPI Protection access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7000 Series Desktop Processor, Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 6000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 5000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7045 Series Mobile Processors, Ryzen 7020 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen Embedded V2000, Ryzen Embedded V3000, Ryzen 7035 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics and Ryzen 3000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SPI Protection. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-20579. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7000 Series Desktop Processor, Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 6000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 5000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen 7045 Series Mobile Processors, Ryzen 7020 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics, Ryzen Embedded V2000, Ryzen Embedded V3000, Ryzen 7035 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics and Ryzen 3000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics. Affected is some unknown processing of the component SPI Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Access Control in the AMD SPI protection feature may allow a user with Ring0 (kernel mode) privileged access to bypass protections potentially resulting in loss of integrity and availability.

The weakness was released 02/13/2024. The advisory is available at amd.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-20579 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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10/27/2022 🔍
02/13/2024 +474 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: amd.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253686

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2024 21:35
Updated: 03/14/2025 20:24
Changes: 02/13/2024 21:35 (37), 03/14/2025 20:24 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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