SWAPGS Attack

Advisory ID CVE Number Date discovered Severity Advisory revision
STORM-2019-007 CVE-2019-1125 08/06/2019 low v1

Vulnerability details

SWAPGS Attack is a new variant of the Spectre (variant 1) side-channel vulnerability. With Meldown, Spectre was the first example of a new class of vulnerabilities discovered in the beginning of 2018. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer.

Impacted products

ProductsSeverityDetail
Stormshield Network Security low SNS uses a vulnerable version of processor
Fast360 low FAST appliances are shipped with a vulnerable version of CPUs
Netasq low Netasq appliances are shipped with a vulnerable version of CPUs

Revisions

Version Date Description
v1  08/06/2019 Initial release

 



Stormshield Network Security

CVSS v2 Overall Score: 3.1      

Analysis

Impacted version

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with a local access (ability to run on SNS his own code or script) to the appliance to leak sensitive information.

Those vulnerabilities are useless for an attacker who already have administrator access because an administrator is the highest privileges on the appliance.

It also means that those vulnerabilities aren’t useful for an external attacker to get local access to an SNS appliance.

Concerning virtual appliances or administration tools like Stormshield Visibility Center or Stormshield Management Center you should ensure your hypervisor is up to date.

  • SN510
  • SN710
  • SN910
  • SN2000
  • SN3000
  • SN6000
  • SN2100
  • SN3100
  • SN6100
  • SNi40

Workaround solution

Solution

Keep your appliances updated in order to limit the exploitation of other vulnerabilities that could let an attacker exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in order to get higher privileges.

As stated in the analysis, the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities require a local access to the appliance. The only user being able to run code on the appliance is the administrator who already has the highest privileges. Consequently, SNS users are not put at risk and no fix needs to be applied.



Access vector Access complexity Authentication Confidentiality impact Integrity impact Availability impact
Local Low Single Complete None None
CVSS Base score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Remediation Level Report Confidence
Proof of concept code Unavailable Confirmed
CVSS Temporal score: 4.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C)
Collateral Damage Potential Target Distribution
None Medium [26-75%]
CVSS Environmental score: 3.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C/CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND)


Fast360

CVSS v2 Overall Score: 3.1      

Analysis

Impacted version

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with a local access to the appliance to leak sensitive information.

Those vulnerabilities are useless for an attacker who already have administrator access because an administrator is the highest privileges on the appliance.
It means that those vulnerabilities are only useful for an attacker exploiting another old vulnerability on the appliance.

Consequently, it is highly recommended to keep your appliances updated.

  • P80XL
  • P150XL
  • P250XL
  • PSX3

Workaround solution

Solution

Keep your appliances updated in order to limit the exploitation of other vulnerabilities that could let an attacker exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in order to get higher privileges.

As stated in the analysis, the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities require a local access to the appliance. The only user being able to run code on the appliance is the administrator who already has the highest privileges. Consequently, Fast users are not put at risk and no fix needs to be applied.



Access vector Access complexity Authentication Confidentiality impact Integrity impact Availability impact
Local Low Single Complete None None
CVSS Base score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Remediation Level Report Confidence
Proof of concept code Unavailable Confirmed
CVSS Temporal score: 4.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C)
Collateral Damage Potential Target Distribution
None Medium [26-75%]
CVSS Environmental score: 3.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C/CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND)


Netasq

CVSS v2 Overall Score: 3.1      

Analysis

Impacted version

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with a local access to the appliance to leak sensitive information.

Those vulnerabilities are useless for an attacker who already have administrator access because an administrator is the highest privileges on the appliance.
It means that those vulnerabilities are only useful for an attacker exploiting another old vulnerability on the appliance.

Consequently, it is highly recommended to keep your appliances updated.

  • NG1000
  • NG5000

Workaround solution

Solution

Keep your appliances updated in order to limit the exploitation of other vulnerabilities that could let an attacker exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in order to get higher privileges.

As stated in the analysis, the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities require a local access to the appliance. The only user being able to run code on the appliance is the administrator who already has the highest privileges. Consequently, Netasq users are not put at risk and no fix needs to be applied.



Access vector Access complexity Authentication Confidentiality impact Integrity impact Availability impact
Local Low Single Complete None None
CVSS Base score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Remediation Level Report Confidence
Proof of concept code Unavailable Confirmed
CVSS Temporal score: 4.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C)
Collateral Damage Potential Target Distribution
None Medium [26-75%]
CVSS Environmental score: 3.1 CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C/CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND)