Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0168)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:1065-1 advisory.

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0066)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in UEFI may allow an     unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0071)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0072)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0076)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of     privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0161)

  - Improper access control in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0164)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of     service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0165)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0166)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0168)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0170)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially     enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0172)

  - Improper Validation of Consistency within input in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in     multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user     to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0173)

  - Improper Use of Validation Framework in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple     operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user to     potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0174)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0175)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0176)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in software for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0183)

  - Improper conditions check in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33139)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33155)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1065-1 advisory.

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0066)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in UEFI may allow an     unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0071)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0072)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0076)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of     privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0161)

  - Improper access control in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0164)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of     service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0165)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0166)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0168)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0170)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially     enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0172)

  - Improper Validation of Consistency within input in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in     multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user     to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0173)

  - Improper Use of Validation Framework in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple     operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user to     potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0174)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0175)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0176)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in software for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0183)

  - Improper conditions check in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33139)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33155)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1 advisory.

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0066)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0072)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0076)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of     privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0161)

  - Improper access control in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation     of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0164)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and     Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of     service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0165)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0166)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2021-0168)

  - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless     Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0170)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially     enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0172)

  - Improper Validation of Consistency within input in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in     multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user     to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0173)

  - Improper Use of Validation Framework in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple     operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user to     potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0174)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0175)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating     systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable     denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0176)

  - Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in software for some Intel(R)     PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0183)

  - Improper conditions check in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33139)

  - Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R)     products before version 22.100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via     adjacent access. (CVE-2021-33155)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
253380	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-0168	Nessus	Misc.	medium
159455	openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (openSUSE-SU-2022:1065-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
159391	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2022:1065-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
158606	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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