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PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00157
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro
| Altera Security Advisory: | INTEL-SA-00157 |
|---|---|
| Product family: | Quartus® |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Denial of Service |
| Severity rating: | Moderate |
| Original release: | 07/10/2018 |
| Last revised: | 05/06/2026 |
Summary
Summary:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro before version 18.0.1 ships with an open source component, bottle.py, which is disabled by default. If bottle.py is enabled the system is potentially vulnerable to CVE-2016-9964.
Description:
For details on the CVE-2016-9964 please see: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9964
Affected products:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro before version 18.0.1.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends that users of Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro update to version 18.0.1.
Alternately you may remove bottle by:
- Ensure that Design Space Explorer II (DSEII) is not running
- Remove <install root directory>/acds/quartus/common/python/lib/site-packages/bottle.py and bottle-0.12.7-py3.3.egg-info
The next time DSEII runs bottle will no longer load.
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 07/10/2018 | Initial Release |
| 1.1 | 05/06/2026 | Transfer Advisory to Altera. |
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