SB2021051211 - Denial of service in Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi, vPro CSME WiFi and Killer WiFi products
Published: May 12, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021051211
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24586)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in the 802.11 standard due to the affected device does not clear its cache/memory to remove fragments of an incomplete MSDU/MMPDU from previous session after reconnection/reassociation. A remote attacker on the local network can perform a fragment cache attack and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.