Data: CASIE
Negative Trigger
within
a
few
weeks
and
AMD
device
owners
shouldn
’
t
worry
about
the reported flaws
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
.
AMD
is addressing
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
several
vulnerabilities
discovered
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
in
its
Ryzen
and
EPYC
chips
,
and
rolling out
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
updates
for
millions
of
devices
``
in
the
coming
weeks
.
''
The
13
vulnerabilities
came to public
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
attention
clouded
in
controversy
.
The
security
company
CTS
Labs
gave
AMD
less
than
24
hours
notice
before
releasing
the
information
to
the
public
.
Standard
vulnerability
disclosure
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
practices
call
for
giving
companies
at
least
90
days
'
notice
so
they
can fix
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
the
flaws
before
researchers
go public
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
and
hackers
can
start
causing
trouble
.
Had
CTS
Labs
given
AMD
that
same
courtesy
,
the
issues
would
have been addressed
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
within
a
week
of
the
notification
.
``
Each
of
the
issues
cited
can
be
mitigated
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
through
firmware
patches
and
a
standard
BIOS
update
,
which
we
plan
to
release
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
in
the
coming
weeks
,
''
said
Sarah
Youngbauer
,
AMD
's
senior
spokeswoman
.
``
We
believe
this
provides
a
good
example
of
why
the
more
standard
90-day
notification
window
for
such
notifications
exist
.
''
In
the original vulnerability report
Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability
,
CTS
Labs
said
that
it
would
take
``
several
months
''
to
fix
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
the
issues
and
that
some
hardware
flaws
``
cannot be fixed
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
.
''
AMD
disagreed
with
that
timeline
,
and
said
it
would
provide
more
information
in
several
weeks
.
The
chipmaker
said
the
issues
were
not
with
its
hardware
,
but
with
firmware
,
or
software
that
's
embedded
in
hardware
.
It
'll
be sending
Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability
fixes
for
all
13
vulnerabilities
through
patches
and
BIOS
updates
.
According
to
AMD
's
technical
assessment
,
each
of
the
flaws
required
administrative
access
.
``
Any
attacker
gaining
unauthorized
administrative
access
would
have
a
wide
range
of
attacks
at
their
disposal
well
beyond
the
exploits
identified
in
this
research
,
''
Papermaster
said
in
a
statement
.
Critics
also
took
issue
with
another
aspect
of
the
CTS
Labs
report
,
pointing
out
the
legal
disclaimer
on
the
company
's
website
:
``
You
are
advised
that
we
may
have
,
either
directly
or
indirectly
,
an
economic
interest
in
the
performance
of
the
securities
of
the
companies
whose
products
are
the
subject
of
our
reports
.
''
Last
Wednesday
,
CTS
Labs
'
chief
financial
officer
and
co-founder
,
Yaron
Luk-Zilberman
,
a
former
hedge
fund
manager
,
said
it
did
n't
have
``
any
investment
(
long
or
short
)
in
Intel
or
AMD
.
''