PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00400

Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® 50 Gbps Ethernet (50GbE) Intellectual Property (IP) Core for Intel® Quartus® Prime may allow denial of service.Intel is releasing a software update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2020-8767

Description: Uncaught exception in the Intel(R) 50GbE IP Core for Intel® Quartus® Prime before version 20.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium

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

Affected products:
Intel® Quartus® Prime before version 20.2.

Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel® Quartus® Prime to 20.2 or later and discontinuing use of the Intel® 50GbE IP Core. The Intel® 100GbE IP Core is a recommended alternative.

Acknowledgements:
This issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel we would like to thank Shahram Jamshidi.

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