Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Intel products - CVE-2021-0132

 

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Intel products - CVE-2021-0132

Published: June 16, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54147
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0132
CWE-ID: CWE-404
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to missing release of resource after effective lifetime in an API. A remote administrator can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Affected software

3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
1st Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor
Intel Xeon W processor 3200 series
Intel Xeon W processor 3100 series
Intel Security Library

How to mitigate CVE-2021-0132

Install updates from vendor's website.

Intel Security Library - update to 3.3

External References

Related Security Bulletins