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Title: Intel Trusted Execution Technology Multiple Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) is a set of hardware extensions that provide support for verifying data, including executable code. Trusted Boot (tboot) is a TXT-based system loader.

Multiple issues in Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) may allow attackers to compromise the integrity of code (boot, system, or kernel) loaded using TXT.

Details on these issues are scheduled to be released at the BlackHat Security Conference on February 16-17, 2009. We will update this BID as more information becomes available.

Trusted Boot 20081008 is affected; additional applications using TXT may also be affected.

Affected Products:

  • Intel Trusted Execution Technology
  • Trusted Boot Trusted Boot 20081008

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