Intel Security Updates – 09 August 2023

Intel has released security updates to fix several vulnerabilities in multiple products.

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the remote attacker to perform various attacks such as obtaining sensitive information, bypassing security restrictions, executing arbitrary code, causing a denial of service attack, or escalating the privileges on the affected products.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1- Intel Chipset Firmware Denial of Service (CVE-2022-36392):

  • CVSS: 8.6
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Denial of Service

2- Intel NUC BIOS Firmware Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-32617):

  • CVSS: 8.2
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: High
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Gain Privileges
Vulnerabilities
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

Intel Security Center

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