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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION- SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c06549501

Version: 2

HPSBHF03647 rev. 2 - HP Open-Chassis Pre-boot Direct Memory Access (DMA) Vulnerability

Notice: The information in this security bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.

Release date : 30-Jan-2020

Last updated : 02-Mar-2020

Potential Security Impact:
Arbitrary Code Execution, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure.
Source: HP, HP Product Security Response Team (PSRT).
Reported by: Mickey Shkatov from Eclypsium, and Zoltan Harmath from Microsoft.

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability with pre-boot DMA may allow unauthorized UEFI code execution using open-case attacks. This industry-wide issue requires physically accessing internal expansion slots inside a computer with specialized hardware and software tools to modify UEFI code in memory.
Reference Number
CVE-2019-18913, PSR-2019-0095, PSR-2019-0163
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
See RESOLUTION section for impacted products.
BACKGROUND
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CVSS 3.0 Base Metrics
Reference
Base Vector
Base Score
CVE-2019-18913
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.1
RESOLUTION
HP is making BIOS mitigations available for Intel-based Business PCs that support Microsoft Windows 10 Kernel DMA protection, extending the industry standard pre-boot DMA protection against Thunderbolt-port based attacks to protections against attacks mounted through internal PCI Express slots inside the computer. See the list below for mitigated platforms and available BIOS SoftPaq updates.
After performing the BIOS update, the 'Pre-boot DMA Protection' BIOS setting must be configured to enable the protection.
Additional information on DMA attack mitigations can be found in the HP technical white paper Thunderbolt™ 3 DMA Attack Mitigations.
For customers concerned about open-chassis attacks where the attacker has physical access inside the computer, HP recommends customers use adequate physical security controls to ensure an attacker cannot obtain access to, disassemble, or modify their devices. Although HP is releasing a BIOS update to add a mitigation for this specific open-chassis attack for those platforms that support modern IOMMU based protection from DMA attacks, be aware that an attacker with physical access and the ability to modify the hardware has a very large attack surface to work with that extends beyond this specific DMA attack possibility. For that reason, physical security for the device is recommended even in situations where the BIOS mitigation is deployed.
HP has identified the affected platforms and the corresponding SoftPaq updated versions. See the affected platforms listed below.
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Enabling Pre-boot DMA Protection

For platforms that support the updated solution, configure 'Pre-boot DMA protection' to one of the following options to enable the protection:
  1. Turn on or restart the computer.
  2. While the display is blank, press the f10 key to enter the BIOS setting menu.
  3. Select Advanced, and then select the System Options menu.
  4. Click Pre-boot DMA protection and make configuration changes to one of the following, depending on your platform’s support for Thunderbolt:
    • Thunderbolt and PCIe expansion card for systems that include Thunderbolt support.
    • PCIe expansion card for systems that do not support Thunderbolt.
    • All PCI Devices for the newer product generations with this option.
  5. Save the changes and exit.

Business PCs

Product Name
Updated Version
SoftPaq #
SoftPaq Link
HP EliteDesk 800 G5 DM
02.04.02
SP101126
HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF
02.04.02
SP101143
HP EliteDesk 800 G5 TWR
02.04.02
SP101143
HP EliteOne 800 G5 AIO
02.04.02
SP101120
HP ProDesk 400 G5 DM
02.04.01
SP101128
HP ProDesk 400 G6 MT
02.04.01
SP101145
HP ProDesk 400 G6 SFF
02.04.02
SP101148
HP ProDesk 480 G6 MT
02.04.01
SP101145
HP ProDesk 600 G5 DM
02.04.01
SP101127
HP ProDesk 600 G5 MT
02.04.01
SP101144
HP ProDesk 600 G5 PCI MT
02.04.01
SP101144
HP ProDesk 600 G5 SFF
02.04.01
SP101255
HP ProOne 400 G5 AiO
02.04.01
SP101174
HP ProOne 440 G5 AiO
02.04.01
SP101174
HP ProOne 600 G5 AiO
02.04.01
SP101174
HP Elite Dragonfly
01.04.02
SP101295
HP Elite x2 G4
01.04.02
SP101379
HP EliteBook 830 G6
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 836 G6
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 840 G6
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 840 G6 Healthcare Edition
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 846 G6
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 846 G6 Healthcare Edition
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook 850 G6
01.04.02
SP101245
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G4
01.04.02
SP101274
HP EliteBook x360 1040 G6
01.04.02
SP101318
HP EliteBook x360 830 G6
01.04.02
SP101247
HP ProBook 640 G5
01.04.02
SP101246
HP ProBook 650 G5
01.04.02
SP101246
HP ZBook 14u G6 Mobile Workstation
01.04.02
SP101245
HP ZBook 15 G6 Mobile Workstation
01.04.05
SP101734
HP ZBook 15u G6 Mobile Workstation
01.04.02
SP101245
HP ZBook 17 G6 Mobile Workstation
01.04.05
SP101734
HP ZHAN X 13 G2
01.04.02
SP101248
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REVISION HISTORY : Version: 1 - 30 January 2020 Initial release. Version: 2 - 3 February 2020 Modified description to clarify attacker would need access “physical access inside the computer”, adjusted CVE vector and score for physical access, and added SoftPaq information for HP ZBook 15 G6 and 17 G6 models.

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