CVE-2024-25939 Denial of service in 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors
A privileged local attacker can cause a denial of service on 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors due to mirrored region inconsistencies.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25939?
CVE-2024-25939 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mirrored regions with different values in 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-1251
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25939?
How do I fix CVE-2024-25939?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2024-25939 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25939 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-25939, BELL-CVE-2024-25939, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25939, GHSA-vrwq-6v5h-49vq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25939.