Windows 10: Intel SSD DC S4500/S4600 Series Firmware Advisory

Brink · Jul 9, 2019

Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00267 Advisory Category: Firmware Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege Severity rating: MEDIUM Original release: 07/09/2019 Last revised: 07/09/2019
Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Solid State Drives (SSD) for Data Centers (DC) S4500/S4600 Series firmware may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-18095
Description: Improper authentication in firmware for Intel(R) SSD DC S4500 Series and Intel(R) SSD DC S4600 Series before SCV10150 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

Intel® SSD DC S4500 Series firmware before SCV10150.
Intel® SSD DC S4600 Series firmware before SCV10150.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® SSD DC S4500 Series and Intel® SSD DC S4600 Series firmware to SCV10150 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

Download Intel(R) SSD Data Center Tool (Intel(R) SSD DCT)

Acknowledgements:

This issue was found internally by Intel.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision Date Description 1.0 07/09/2019 Initial Release
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Source: INTEL-SA-00267

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Brink · Jul 9, 2019

Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Advisory - Jan. 8

[table][tr]Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00175 [/tr] [tr][td]Advisory Category:[/td] [td]Firmware[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Impact of vulnerability:[/td] [td]Denial of Service[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Severity rating:[/td] [td]MEDIUM[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Original release:[/td] [td]01/08/2019[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Last revised:[/td] [td]01/08/2019[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-12166

Description: Insufficient write protection in firmware for Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2018-12167

Description: Firmware update routine in bootloader for Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X to E2010435 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/dow...?product=87278

Acknowledgements:

These issues were found internally by Intel.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are deployed.

Revision History

[table][tr]Revision Date Description [/tr] [tr][td]1.0[/td] [td]01/08/2019[/td] [td]Initial Release[/td] [/tr] [/table]
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Source: INTEL-SA-00175

Brink · Jul 9, 2019

Intel Delivers New SSD Form Factor and Innovative Designs

Today, Intel announces major data center storage advances, reiterating Intel’s memory technology leadership. The new technologies advance data center storage and deliver innovative solutions to meet the challenges presented by the growing reliance on data. They include:

“Ruler” form factor for Intel® SSDs, an all-new solid state drive form factor enabling up to 1PB of storage in a 1U server rack in the future.

The world’s most advanced dual port portfolio1: Intel® Optane™ technology dual port SSDs and Intel® 3D NAND dual port SSDs for mission-critical applications.

An updated SATA family of SSDs for data center, targeted at HDD replacement.

“We are in the midst of an era of major data center transformation, driven by Intel. These new “ruler” form factor SSDs and dual port SSDs are the latest in a long line of innovations we’ve brought to market to make storing and accessing data easier and faster, while delivering more value to customers,” said Bill Leszinske, Intel vice president, Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), and director, strategic planning, marketing and business development. “Data drives everything we do – from financial decisions to virtual reality gaming, and from autonomous driving to machine learning – and Intel storage innovations like these ensure incredibly quick, reliable access to that data.”

‘Ruler’ Form Factor for Intel SSDs

The new “ruler” form factor, so-called for its long, skinny shape, shifts storage from the legacy 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors that follow traditional hard disk drives, and the add-in card form factor, which takes advantage of PCIe card slots, and delivers on the promise of non-volatile storage technologies to eliminate constraints on shape and size. The new form factor delivers the most storage capacity for a server, with the lowest required cooling and power needs. The next-generation “ruler” form factor SSDs using Intel® 3D NAND technology will enable up to 1PB in a 1U server – enough storage for 300,000 HD movies, or about 70 years of nonstop entertainment. Both Intel Optane SSDs and Intel® 3D NAND SSDs in the “ruler” form factor will come to market in the near future.

Dual Port SSDs

Dual port Intel Optane SSDs and Intel® 3D NAND SSDs offer critical redundancy and failover, protecting against multiple paths to failure for mission-critical and high-availability applications. Dual port SSDs replace SAS SSDs and HDDs and, with new storage technologies, deliver more IOPS, more bandwidth and lower latency than SAS SSDs. Dual port Intel® SSD DC D4500, D4502 and D4600 Series will be available starting in 2017’s third quarter.

SATA SSDs for Data Centers
The Intel® SSD DC S4500 and S4600 Series combine a new Intel-developed SATA controller, innovative SATA firmware and the industry’s highest density 32-layer 3D NAND. These storage-inspired SSDs preserve legacy infrastructure, ensuring a simple transition from hard disk drives to SSDs, while enabling data centers to reduce storage cost, increase server efficiency and minimize service disruptions. The new members of the second-generation Intel®3D NAND SSD family are available now.

Intel Optane Technology Webcast

An earlier webcast, hosted by Leszinske and Laura Crone, Intel vice president and director of NSG End-User Solutions Marketing, featured customers outlining how Intel Optane technology is driving advancements in health care, transforming how transactions occur, enabling real-time analytics and capitalizing on the performance of Intel® Xeon® CPUs. The webcast is availablefor replay.

Leszinske will also share additional details on these products during a keynote address at Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, The Intel booths, #839 and #745, will feature demos of the new SSDs.

For more information on Intel storage technologies, visit Intel’s solid state drive site.
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Source: Intel Further Delivers on Storage Transformation with New SSD Form Factor and Innovative Designs | Intel Newsroom

Lonnie_L · Jul 9, 2019

Devices with Intel SSD 600p Series or Intel SSD Pro 6000p Series may crash and enter a UEFI screen after reboot when upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update

When attempting to upgrade to the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, select devices with Intel SSD 600p Series or Intel SSD Pro 6000p Series may crash and enter a UEFI screen after reboot.

Microsoft is working with OEM partners and Intel to identify and block devices with Intel SSD 600p Series or Intel SSD Pro 6000p Series from installing the April 2018 Update due to a know incompatibility that may cause performance
and stability issues. If you have encountered this issue, follow the steps to
reinstall the previous operating system (Windows 10, version 1709).

Microsoft is currently working on a resolution that will allow the April 2018 Update on these devices in the near future.

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