PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00319

Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Programmable Acceleration Card (PAC) N3000 may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service.

Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2019-14626

Description: Improper access control in PCIe function for the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2019-14625

Description: Improper access control in on-card storage for the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium

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

Affected Products:
The Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 all versions.

Recommendations:
CVEID: CVE-2019-14626

Intel recommends that systems using the N3000 enable DMA protection, including pre-boot phases, as described in the following white paper:

Using IOMMU for DMA Protection in UEFI Firmware

CVEID: CVE-2019-14625

Intel will not be releasing an update for this issue. Intel recommends limiting privileged access of host systems to trusted individuals, as part of normal security practices.

Acknowledgements:
These issues were found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Hareesh Khattri (Security Researcher, IPAS).

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