Intel April Platform Update fixes high severity security issues

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Intel addressed nine security vulnerabilities with the April 2020 Platform Update, all of them being high and medium severity security flaws impacting multiple software products, firmware, and platforms.

The security issues patched today were detailed in the 6 security advisories issued by Intel on its Product Security Center, delivered to customers through the Intel Platform Update (IPU) process.

Vulnerabilities disclosed today could allow unauthenticated or authenticated or privileged users to trigger denial of service states and escalate privileges at an elevated level of privilege via local or adjacent access on unpatched systems.

Each of the six advisories Intel published today comes with a detailed list of all affected products and recommendations for vulnerable products, and also include contact details for those who would want to report security issues found in Intel branded tech or products.
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