CVE-2020-24505 Denial of service in Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel 700-series Ethernet Controllers due to insufficient input validation in the firmware.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-24505?

CVE-2020-24505 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 input validation in the firmware for the Intel(R) 700-series of Ethernet Controllers before version 7.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24505?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Ethernet Network Adapter 700 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24505 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-2020-24505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-24rm-j85r-654h.

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