Bug 2180365 (CVE-2021-0187)

Summary:	CVE-2021-0187 hw: Intel: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware may cause escalation privilege
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, crwood, dbohanno, ddepaula, debarbos, dvlasenk, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jdenham, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lleshchi, lzampier, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, tyberry, walters, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in hw. Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-03-21 14:02:31 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Rohit Keshri 2023-03-21 09:45:42 UTC

Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Secure Initialization (SINIT) Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege.  Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Reference:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00717.html

Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-03-21 14:02:27 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-0187