CVE-2019-0143 Denial of service in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers

Medium 5.5 Published 14 Nov 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Ethernet 700 Series Controllers due to an unhandled exception in kernel-mode drivers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-0143?

CVE-2019-0143 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers, published on 14 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unhandled exception in Kernel-mode drivers for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 7.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0143?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Intel Ethernet 700 Series Software, Intel Ethernet Controller 710-Bm1 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Controller X710-At2 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Controller X710-Bm2 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Controller X710-Tm4 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Controller Xxv710-Am1 Firmware and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0143?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-0143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hfwh-88hg-r4mc.