PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-01087

Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® Agilex® FPGA Firmware may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmrware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details: 
CVEID:  CVE-2024-25576

Description: improper access control in firmware for some Intel® FPGA products before version 24.1 may allow a privileged user to enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.9 High

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

CVSS Base Score 4.0: 8.5 High

CVSS Vector 4.0:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Affected products:
Intel® Agilex® FPGA 7 FPGA firmware before version 24.1. 

Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel® Agilex® FPGA 7 FPGA firmware to version 24.1 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

• https://www.altera.com/products/development-tools/quartus

Acknowledgements:
This issue was found internally by Intel. 

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