Some of the updated firmware files adresses security vulnerabilities, which may
allow Escalation of Privileges, Denial of Services and Information Disclosures.
CVE-2020-24586 (INTEL-SA-00473)
The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA,
WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require
that received fragments be cleared from memory after (re)connecting
to a network. Under the right circumstances, when another device
sends fragmented frames encrypted using WEP, CCMP, or GCMP, this can
be abused to inject arbitrary network packets and/or exfiltrate user
data.
CVE-2020-24587 (INTEL-SA-00473)
The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA,
WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require
that all fragments of a frame are encrypted under the same key. An
adversary can abuse this to decrypt selected fragments when another
device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP encryption
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