"Intel Memory Firmware Bug Hits Hundreds of Products"

Intel has released updates to address Optane SSD bugs that initially surfaced a year ago. The bugs will affect any servers utilizing the impacted Optane SSD and Optane SSD Data Center firmware. They are classed as "high" rather than "critical" by the Common Vulnerability Scoring System. CVE-2021-33078 is a race condition in a firmware thread that provides a privileged user with a Denial-of-Service (DoS) vector. An unauthenticated local user could escalate their privilege by exploiting a flow control management bug. Uncleared debug information in the firmware can allow an unauthenticated local user to gain access to sensitive information or escalate privilege. This article continues to discuss the Intel memory bugs impacting hundreds of products. 

iTnews reports "Intel Memory Firmware Bug Hits Hundreds of Products"