CVE-2018-3616 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Active Management Technology

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can obtain TLS session keys via a side-channel attack in Intel AMT, compromising encrypted communications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-3616?

CVE-2018-3616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Active Management Technology Firmware, published on 12 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Bleichenbacher-style side channel vulnerability in TLS implementation in Intel Active Management Technology before 12.0.5 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially obtain the TLS session key via the network.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3616?

It affects 14 products.

Products include Intel Active Management Technology Firmware, Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Manageability Engine Firmware, Siemens Simatic Field Pg M5 Firmware, Siemens Simatic Ipc427e Firmware, Siemens Simatic Ipc477e Firmware and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-3616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Active Management Technology Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7gp5-m68f-f3xp.

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