SB2019112505 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controllers
Published: November 25, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0146)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a resource leak in i40e driver. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service attack on the target system.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0149)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in i40e driver. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.