CVE-2019-11178 Denial of service in Intel(R) BMC
An authenticated attacker can cause a stack overflow in Intel BMC firmware, leading to denial of service or information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-11178?
CVE-2019-11178 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) BMC, published on 14 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack overflow in Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller firmware may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11178?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Baseboard Management Controller Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11178?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11178 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-2019-11178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) BMC
- CVE-2019-11171 Memory corruption in Intel(R) BMC
- CVE-2019-11168 Information disclosure in Intel(R) BMC
- CVE-2020-24474 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules
- CVE-2020-24473 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules
- CVE-2019-11170 Auth bypass in Intel(R) BMC
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pq85-mpmh-g85v.