PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00446
Intel® Quartus® Prime Advisory
| Altera Security Advisory: | INTEL-SA-00446 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Software |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Information Disclosure |
| Severity rating: | Medium |
| Original release: | 11/10/2020 |
| Last revised: | 05/06/2026 |
Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Quartus® Prime may allow information disclosure. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2020-24454
Description: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in subsystem for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition before version 20.3 and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition before version 20.2 may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro before version 20.3.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard before version 20.1 Update1.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro to 20.3 or later and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard to 20.1 Update1 or later.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro updates are available for download at this location:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard updates are available for download at these locations:
- http://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acs/20.1std/0.06std/quartus-20.1std-0.06std-linux.run
- http://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acs/20.1std/0.06std/quartus-20.1std-0.06std-windows.exe
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Oussama Sahnoun for reporting this issue.
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 11/10/2020 | Initial Release |
| 1.1 | 05/06/2026 | Transfer Advisory to Altera. |
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