Impact of Intel ME/TXE Advisory (INTEL-SA-00086) on RSA Products

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Article Number

000035799

CVE ID

CVE-2017-5705, CVE-2017-5706, CVE-2017-5707, CVE-2017-5708, CVE-2017-5709, CVE-2017-5710, CVE-2017-5711, CVE-2017-5712

Article Summary

Impact of Intel ME/TXE Advisory (INTEL-SA-00086) on RSA Products

Resolution

RSA is aware of the vulnerabilities identified in the Intel ME/TXE/SPS Advisory (INTEL-SA-00086) which were disclosed by Intel on November 20th, 2017. RSA has completed its investigation and have determined that RSA products are not impacted by these vulnerabilities. RSA appliances do not ship with the vulnerable versions of Intel® Manageability Engine (ME) Firmware, Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) Firmware and Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware.

Notes

• For information on Dell Client products, see: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln308237/dell-client-statement-on-intel-me-txe-advisory--intel-sa-00086-?lang=en 
• For information on Dell Server products, see: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/qna44242/dell-server-statement-on-intel-me-txe-advisory--intel-sa-00086-?lang=en
• For information on Dell EMC products, see: https://support.emc.com/kb/514437

References:

• Intel Security Advisory (INTEL-SA-00086): https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00086&languageid=en-fr
• Intel Detection Guide and Discovery Tool: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150

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