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                               ESB-2024.1565                               
                        2024.1 IPU - BIOS Advisory                         
                               13 March 2024                               
                                                                           
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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel Processors                                        
Publisher:         Intel                                                   
Operating System:  Firmware                                                
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade                                           
CVE Names:         CVE-2023-32282                                          

Original Bulletin:
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00929.html

Comment: CVSS (Max):  7.2 CVE-2023-32282 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H)
         CVSS Source: Intel                                                
         Calculator:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H


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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00929
Advisory Category:        Firmware
Impact of vulnerability:  Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating:          HIGH
Original release:         03/12/2024
Last revised:             03/12/2024

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in BIOS firmware for some Intel Processors
may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate
this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2023-32282

Description: Race condition in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may
allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local
access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|Product Collection                          |CPU ID|Platform ID|
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|Intel Celeron: J6413, N6211.                |      |           |
|Intel Pentium: J6425, N6415.                |90661 |C2         |
|Intel Atom: x6211E, x6413E, x6425E, x6212RE,|      |           |
|x6414RE, x6425RE, x6427FE, x6200FE.         |      |           |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|                                            |A0652 |22         |
|                                            |A0655 |80         |
|10th Generation Intel Core Processor Family |A0660 |94         |
|                                            |806EC |02         |
|                                            |A0661 |01         |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|10th Generation Intel Core Processor Family |A0653 |22         |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|10th Generation Intel Core Processor Family |706E5 |80         |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|Intel Core:i7-11700T, i7-11700.             |A0671 |02         |
|i5-11400T, i5-11400, i5-11500T, i5-11500.   |      |           |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|                                            |806C1 |80         |
|11th Generation Intel Core Processor Family |806C2 |           |
|                                            |806D1 |C2         |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|12th Generation Intel Core Processor Family,|906A4 |80         |
|Intel Pentium Gold Processor Family,        |906A3 |07         |
|Intel Celeron Processor Family              |90675 |01         |
|                                            |90672 |           |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+
|12th Generation Intel Core Processor Family,|      |           |
|Intel Pentium Gold Processor Family,        |B06E0 |01         |
|Intel Celeron Processor Family              |      |           |
+--------------------------------------------+------+-----------+

Recommendation:

Intel recommends that users of listed Intel Processors update to the latest
versions provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank another1024 and ccrack for reporting this issue.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice
called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is
generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision    Date      Description
1.0      03/12/2024 Initial Release

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