Input validation error in Intel 722 Ethernet Controllers - CVE-2020-24496

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Input validation error in Intel 722 Ethernet Controllers - CVE-2020-24496

Published: February 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50702
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24496
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 the firmware. A local administrator can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Intel 722 Ethernet Controllers
F5OS

How to mitigate CVE-2020-24496

Install updates from vendor's website.

Intel 722 Ethernet Controllers - update to 1.4.3

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