Releases Security Updates (July 09, 2019)

Ref# Intel | Date: Jul 11th 2019

Description

Intel has released security updates and recommendations to address vulnerabilities Intel Solid State Drives for Data Centers and Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. It is recommended that you take the necessary precautions by ensuring your product are always updated.

Intel ID:

INTEL-SA-00267

Advisory Category:

Firmware

Impact of Vulnerability:

Escalation of Privilege

Severity rating:

MEDIUM

Original release:

07/09/2019

Last revised:

07/09/2019

Summary

A potential security vulnerability in Intel Solid State Drives (SSD) for Data Centers (DC) S4500/S4600 series firmware may allow escalation of privilege. The update released by Intel is to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

For more information on the CISCO updates you can follow this url:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00267.html

 

The Guyana National CIRT recommends users and administration to review these updates and to apply them where necessary.

Reference

  • Intel release Security updates (US-Cert)

          https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/07/09/intel-releases-security-updates