INTEL POWER GADGET PROBLEMS UPDATE
INTEL POWER GADGET PROBLEMS PATCH

Successful exploitation of the two vulnerabilities could lead toВ information leakage from the Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) Interface, used toВ monitor and manage CPUs and DRAM memory power consumption. New Intel CPU side-channel vulnerabilities ( CVE-2020-8694В and CVE-2020-8695) dubbed PLATYPUS and disclosed byВ an international group of researchersВ from the Graz University of Technology, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and the University of Birmingham were also patched by called Platypus. Intel CPUs patched against newВ PLATYPUS side-channel attacks The bug is an improper buffer restriction in Wireless BluetoothВ products before version 21.110 that enables unauthenticated escalation of privilege via adjacent access (Local Area Network only).

Successful exploitation requires vulnerable productsВ to be configured with IPv6 which is not a default configuration according to Intel.ДЄ second critical security flaw ( CVE-2020-12321) rated with a CVSS severity base score of 9.6/10 andВ affecting some Intel Wireless Bluetooth products was also addressed in the Intel November 2020 Platform Update. The flaw (tracked as CVE-2020-8752) is anВ out-of-bounds write in theВ IPv6 subsystem ofВ Intel AMT and ISM (versions prior toВ 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 14.0.45) that enables remoteВ unauthenticated to escalate privileges. Of note among the security updates issued this Tuesday,В Intel addressed a critical vulnerabilityВ with a CVSS score of 9.4/10 in theВ IntelВ Active Management Technology (AMT) and IntelВ Standard Manageability (ISM) products. November 2020В Intel Platform UpdateВ highlights Intel provides a list of all affected products and recommendations for vulnerable products at the end of each advisory, as well as contact details for those who want to report otherВ security issues or vulnerabilities found in Intel branded products or technology.

INTEL POWER GADGET PROBLEMS UPDATE

The issues were detailed in the 40 security advisories published by Intel on its Product Security Center, with the company having delivered security and functional updatesВ to users through the Intel Platform Update (IPU) process.

INTEL POWER GADGET PROBLEMS PATCH

Intel addressedВ 95 vulnerabilities as part of the November 2020 Patch Tuesday, including critical ones affectingВ Intel Wireless Bluetooth products andВ IntelВ Active Management Technology (AMT).

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