CVE-2020-8766 Denial of service in Intel(R) SGX DCAP software
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in Intel SGX DCAP software via adjacent access due to improper condition checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8766?
CVE-2020-8766 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) SGX DCAP software, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper conditions check in the Intel(R) SGX DCAP software before version 1.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8766?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Software Guard Extensions Data Center Attestation Primitives.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8766?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8766 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-2020-8766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3xfq-3889-4q8m.