SB2019121108 - Denial of service in Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL



SB2019121108 - Denial of service in Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL

Published: December 11, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019121108
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11165)

CWE-ID: CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/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 improper conditions check in the Linux kernel driver. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.