CVE-2020-24493 Denial of service in Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers
A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel 700-series Ethernet Controllers due to insufficient access control in the firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24493?
CVE-2020-24493 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers before version 8.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24493?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Ethernet Network Adapter 700 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24493?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24493 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-2020-24493 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24493 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gvvq-cmx9-rv3j.