PT-2021-7170 · Intel+5 · Ixgbe Driver+5

Published 2021-11-09 · Updated 2022-06-23 · CVE-2021-33098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Intel(R) Ethernet ixgbe driver for Linux versions prior to 3.17.3

Description The issue is caused by insufficient input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet ixgbe driver for Linux. This can potentially allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service via local access.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.17.3, update to version 3.17.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting local access to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-03598

CESA-2021_4356

CVE-2021-33098

OESA-2021-1465

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0056-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0056-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0366-1

RHSA-2021:4356

RHSA-2021_4356

SUSE-SU-2022:0056-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0068-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0079-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0080-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0090-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0181-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0197-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0362-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0367-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0477-1

USN-5343-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Ixgbe Driver

References · 262

• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00555.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:0056-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-03598 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29650 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33098 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38204 · Vendor Advisory