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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2021.3370 Intel HAXM Advisory 13 October 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) Publisher: Intel Operating System: Windows macOS UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2021-0182 CVE-2021-0180 Original Bulletin: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00544.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00544 Advisory Category: Software Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege, Information Disclosure Severity rating: MEDIUM Original release: 10/12/2021 Last revised: 10/12/2021 Summary: Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) software may allow escalation of privilege or information disclosure. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2021-0180 Description: Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable privilege escalation via local access. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CVEID: CVE-2021-0182 Description: Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. CVSS Base Score: 5.1 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Affected Products: Intel HAXM before version 7.6.6. Recommendations: Intel recommends updating Intel HAXM software to version 7.6.6 or later. Updates are available for download at this location: https://github.com/intel/ haxm/releases Acknowledgements: These issues were found externally. Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available. Revision History Revision Date Description 1.0 10/12/2021 Initial Release - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. NOTE: Third Party Rights This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. 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