Intel Endpoint Management Assistant (EMA): Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2021.3726
                            Intel EMA Advisory
                             10 November 2021

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Product:           Intel Endpoint Management Assistant (EMA)
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-0013  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00482.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00482
Advisory Category:        Software
Impact of vulnerability : Denial of Service
Severity rating :         MEDIUM
Original release:         11/09/2021
Last revised:             11/09/2021

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Endpoint Management Assistant
(EMA) may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to
mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0013

Description: Improper input validation for Intel(R) EMA before version 1.5.0
may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via
network access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel EMA before version 1.5.0.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel EMA to version 1.5.0 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: Download Intel Endpoint
Management Assistant (Intel EMA)

Acknowledgements:

The following issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like
to thank Marcus Osa and Tommi Von Hertzen.

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      11/09/2021 Initial Release

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