Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-180503

Potential Impact: Information Disclosure, Privilege Escalation

Severity: High

Scope of Impact: Industry-wide

CVE Identifier: CVE-2024-21944, CVE-2024-33044, CVE-2024-33056

Summary Description:

AMD reported that it may be possible to modify serial presence detect (SPD) metadata to make an attached memory module appear larger than it is, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite physical memory.  AMD-SB-3015: CVE-2024-21944

Qualcomm reported a potential improper validation vulnerability in BIOS that could allow a local attacker to corrupt memory. CVE-2024-33044

Qualcomm reported a potential buffer over-read vulnerability in BIOS that could allow a local attacker to corrupt memory. CVE-2024-33056

Mitigation Strategy for Customers (what you should do to protect yourself):

Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the Product Impact section.

Product Impact:

To download the version specified for your product below, follow these steps:

Navigate to the Drivers & Software support site for your product:

• Lenovo Products (sold worldwide, except in China): https://support.lenovo.com/
• Lenovo Products (sold in China): https://newsupport.lenovo.com.cn/
• IBM-branded System x Legacy Products: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

1. Search for your product by name or machine type.
2. Click Drivers & Software on the left menu panel.
3. Click on Manual Update to browse by Component type.
4. Compare the minimum fix version for your product from the applicable product table below with the latest version posted on the support site.

Lenovo also offers tools to assist with update management as an alternative to the manual steps described above. Refer to the following for additional help:

PC Products and Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht504759

Server and Enterprise Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxcaupd and https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/lnvo-center

References:

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3015.html

https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin

Revision History:

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Click below links to view affected products:

ThinkAgile

ThinkEdge

ThinkPad

ThinkSystem

Product Impact:

ThinkAgile

ThinkEdge

ThinkPad

ThinkSystem