Headline
CVE-2021-33117: INTEL-SA-00586
Improper access control for some 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors before BIOS version MR7, may allow a local attacker to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
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3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Advisory
**Summary: **
A potential security vulnerability in some 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors may allow information disclosure. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-33117
Description: Improper access control for some 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors before BIOS version MR7, may allow a local attacker to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
Product Family
Processor
Vertical Segment
CPU ID
Platform ID
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
06_6AH
Server
606AX
0x87
**Recommendations:
**
Intel recommends that users of affected 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors update to the latest version firmware provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
This CVE requires a Microcode Security Version Number (SVN) update. To address this vulnerability, an SGX TCB recovery is planned for Q2 2022. Refer to:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/technical-details/sgx-attestation-technical-details.html
for more information on the SGX TCB recovery process.
Acknowledgements:
This issue was found internally by Intel employees.
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
05/10/2022
Initial Release
1.1
05/11/2022
Updated recommendations
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