Bug 2180365 (CVE-2021-0187) - CVE-2021-0187 hw: Intel: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware may cause escalation privilege
Summary: CVE-2021-0187 hw: Intel: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware may cau...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-0187
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2171408
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Reported: 2023-03-21 09:45 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2023-03-21 14:02 UTC (History)
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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.
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Last Closed: 2023-03-21 14:02:31 UTC
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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
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