Security Notice – Statement on Intel TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA)
- Initial Release Date: 2019-11-15 10:41:08
- last Release Date: 2019-11-16 14:07:47
Vulnerability Summary
On November 12, 2019, Intel disclosed several potential security vulnerabilities. These potential security vulnerabilities may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure. Intel is releasing firmware and software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. The vulnerability details are as follows:
Intel-SA-00240: CVE-2019-0151
Insufficient memory protection in Intel(R) TXT for certain Intel(R) Core Processors and Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Intel-SA-00241: CVE-2019-11090(fTPM), CVE-2019-11109
Potential security vulnerabilities(Improper directory permissions、Cryptographic timing conditions) in Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure.
Intel-SA-00270: CVE-2019-11135
TSX Asynchronous Abort condition on some CPUs utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access.
Intel-SA-00271: CVE-2019-11139
Improper conditions check in the voltage modulation interface for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Intel-SA-00280: CVE-2019-11136, CVE-2019-11137
Potential security vulnerabilities(insufficient input validation、insufficient access control) in Intel firmware may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure.
Inspur started the relevant investigation work in the first time. Inspur PSIRT will update the security notice at any time. Please keep an eye on the security bulletin for this incident.
Inspur provides product vulnerability solutions through SA.Inspur has issued Security Advisory (SA) for these vulnerabilities.
Product Impact
Inspur Server M5 products have vulnerabilities Intel-SA-00240, Intel-SA-00270, Intel-SA-00271, Intel-SA-00280. The detailed affected products are shown in the following table:
Product Impact
| Product Name | Affected Version |
| NS5488M5 NS5484M5 NS5482M5 |
4.1.07 and earlier |
| SN5161M5 | 4.1.01 and earlier |
| NF8480M5 | 4.1.10 and earlier |
| NX5460M5 | 4.1.03 and earlier |
| NF5288M5 | 4.1.05 and earlier |
| TS860M5 | 4.1.09 and earlier |
| NF5280M5 | 4.1.11 and earlier |
| NF5466M5 | 4.1.8 and earlier |
| NF5180M5 | 4.1.5 and earlier |
| NS5162M5 | 4.1.6 and earlier |
| NF5266M5 | 3.1.3 and earlier |
| NF5270M5 | 4.1.2 and earlier |
| NF8380M5 | 4.1.3 and earlier |
| NF8260M5 | 4.1.11 and earlier |
| NF5468M5 | 3.1.6 and earlier |
| NF5488M5 NF5888M5 |
3.1.3 and earlier |
Resource
INTEL-SA-00240：https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00240.html
INTEL-SA-00241：https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00241.html
INTEL-SA-00270：https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00270.html
INTEL-SA-00271：https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00271.html
INTEL-SA-00280：https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00280.html
Revision History
2019-11-16 V1.1 Increase the list of affected products
2019-11-15 V1.0 Initial
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