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Supermicro regards the security of your data center with the highest importance. Supermicro is providing a list of standards and specifications for the newly-released X13/H13 and X12/H12 families of servers and storage systems. These built-in capabilities will serve as a guideline for establishing secure operations within your data center. Review the list below.
| Category | Security Specifications | Intel X13 Products | AMD H13 Products | Intel X12 Products | AMD H12 Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Silicon Root of Trust | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chassis Intrusion Protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| BMC TPM | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Intel Boot Guard | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)1 | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Platform Secure Boot (PSB) | ✔ | ||||
| AMD Secure Processor | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| BIOS/BMC | Secure Boot | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Secure Drive Erase | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Secure Flash | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Secure Firmware Updates | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Cryptographically signed firmware | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Secure Redfish API | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Password Security | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| USB dynamic enable/disable | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| HDD Password | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| BMC Unique Password | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Automatic Firmware Recovery | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Anti-rollback | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Runtime BMC Protections | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| System Lockdown | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Supply Chain Security: Remote Attestation | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Drive Key Management (Super-Guardians) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Standards | NIST SP 800-193 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NIST SP 800-147b | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NIST SP 800-88 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Notes:
- Certain features may not apply to all products
- 1 On select models and configurations
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) provides remote access to multiple users at different locations for networking. BMC allows a system administrator to monitor system health and manage computer events remotely. BMC is used with an (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) IPMI Management utility which makes it possible to control and monitor servers centrally. BMC has a wide range of security features that address customer requirements.
Security Best Practices for managing servers with BMC features enabled in Datacenters
Learn about BMC Security Best Practices
Cryptographically Signed BMC Firmware
Learn about Security functionality to cryptographically sign the BMC Firmware and BIOS
BMC Unique Password Security Feature
Learn how to benefit from BMC Unique Password
Reflective Denial-of-Service (DoS) Amplification Vulnerability in Service Location Protocol SLP
The Service Location Protocol (SLP) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service (DoS) attack with a significant amplification factor.
- CVE-2023-29552
Media Information: Intel BootGuard OEM private keys have potentially been compromised, May 2023
Based on the analysis of how Supermicro generates and uses private keys, Supermicro products are not affected.
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2023.2, May 2023
This update applies to the X11, X12, and X13 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00807 – 2023.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
AMD Security Vulnerabilities, May 2023
This update applies to the H11, H12 and H13 families of products powered by 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors. This update also applies to M12 family of products powered by Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor. Potential vulnerabilities in various platform components were discovered and have been mitigated in AMD EPYC™ and AMD Ryzen™ AGESA™ PI packages.
- AMD-SN-4001 - AMD Client Vulnerabilities – May 2023
- AMD-SN-3001 - AMD Server Vulnerabilities – May 2023
SuperDoctor5 Advisory, March 2023
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in Supermicro SuperDoctor5 (SD5) that may allow any authenticated user on the web interface to remotely execute arbitrary commands on the system where SuperDoctor5 (SD5) is installed.
- CVE-2023-26795
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2023.1, February 2023
This update applies to the X11, X12, and X13 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00700 – 2023.1 IPU – Intel® Atom® and Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00717 – 2023.1 IPU – BIOS Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00718 – 2023.1 IPU – Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00730 – 2023.1 IPU – 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00738 – 2023.1 IPU – Intel® Xeon® Processor Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00767 – 2023.1 IPU – Intel® Processor Advisory
Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) and Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C) Overvolting/Undervolting, January 2023
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in The Board Management Controller (BMC) which may allow changes to the voltage to be outside the specified operating range for the CPU and therefore, affect normal computations.
- CVE-2022-43309
AMD Security Vulnerabilities, January 2023
This update applies to the H11 and H12 families of products powered by 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors. This update also applies to M12 family of products powered by Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor. Potential vulnerabilities in various platform components were discovered and have been mitigated in AMD EPYC™ and AMD Ryzen™ AGESA™ PI packages.
- AMD-SN-1031 - AMD Client Vulnerabilities – January 2023
- AMD-SN-1032 - AMD Server Vulnerabilities – January 2023
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2022.3, November 2022
This update applies to the X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00610 - 2022.3 IPU – Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00668 - 2022.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
OpenSSL Advisory, November 2022
OpenSSL versions from 3.x through 3.0.6 are found vulnerable to a high severity security vulnerability that can lead to crash or unexpected behavior. Supermicro products are not affected by this OpenSSL vulnerability.
- CVE-2022-3786
- CVE-2022-3602
Microsoft Windows Secure Boot Bypass, August 2022
Researchers have identified several vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s third-party bootloaders that can affect all computer systems using x64 UEFI Secure Boot.
- CVE-2022-34301
- CVE-2022-34302
- CVE-2022-34303
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2022.2, August 2022
This update applies to the X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00657 - 2022.2 IPU – Intel® Processor Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00669 - 2022.2 IPU – Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00686 - 2022.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2022.1, June 2022
This update applies to the X10, X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00601 - 2022.1 IPU – BIOS Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00613 - 2022.1 IPU – Intel® Boot Guard and Intel® TXT Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00614 - 2022.1 IPU – Intel® SGX Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00615 - 2022.1 IPU – Intel® Processors MMIO Stale Data Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00616 - 2022.1 IPU – Intel® Xeon Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00617 - 2022.1 IPU – Intel® Processor Advisory
AMD Security Vulnerabilities, May 2022
This update applies to the H11 and H12 families of products powered by 1st/2nd/3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors. This update also applies to M12 family of products powered by Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor. Potential vulnerabilities in various platform components were discovered and have been mitigated in AMD EPYC™ and AMD Ryzen™ AGESA™ PI packages.
- AMD-SN-1027 - AMD Client Vulnerabilities – May 2022
- AMD-SN-1028 - AMD Server Vulnerabilities – May 2022
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2021.2, February 2022
This update applies to the X10, X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00470 - 2021.2 IPU – Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00527 - 2021.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00532 - 2021.2 IPU – Intel® Processor Breakpoint Control Flow Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00561 - 2021.2 IPU – Intel® Processor Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00589 - 2021.2 IPU – Intel Atom® Processor Advisory
Supermicro’s response to Apache Log4j vulnerability
Supermicro is aware and joins the industry to mitigate the exposure caused by the high-priority CVE-2021-44228 (Apache Log4j 2) issue, also coined as “Log4Shell”, the CVE-2021-45046 (Apache Log4j 2) issue, and the CVE-2021-45105 (Apache Log4j 2) issue. Supermicro is also aware of the CVE-2021-4104 and CVE-2019-17571 issues for Apache Log4j 1.2.
Most Supermicro applications are not impacted by these five vulnerabilities. The only impacted application is Supermicro Power Manager (SPM). The issue will be addressed in a new version of Supermicro Power Manager (SPM) with the release pending ASAP. SPM will come with Log4j version 2.17.0.
Log4j 2
- CVE-2021-44228
- CVE-2021-45046
- CVE-2021-45105
Log4j 1.2
- CVE-2019-17571
- CVE-2021-4104
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2021.2, November 2021
This update applies to the X10, X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00528 - 2021.2 IPU – Intel® Atom® Processor Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00562 - 2021.1 IPU – BIOS Reference Code Advisory
AMD Security Vulnerabilities, November 2021
This update applies to the H11 and H12 families of products powered by 1st/2nd/3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors. Potential vulnerabilities in various platform components were discovered and have been mitigated in AMD EPYC™ AGESA™ PI packages.
- AMD-SN-1021 - AMD Server Vulnerabilities – November 2021
Intel Security Advisory Intel-SA-00525, July 2021
- INTEL-SA-00525 – Intel BSSA (BIOS Shared SW Architecture) DFT Advisory
Intel-SA-00525 Security Advisory does not affect Supermicro BIOS.
View detailsIntel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2021.1, June 2021
This update applies to the X10, X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00442 - 2021.1 IPU – Intel VT-d Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00459 - 2021.1 IPU – Intel-CSME-SPS-TXE-DAL-AMT-Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00463 - 2021.1 IPU – BIOS Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00464 - 2021.1 IPU – Intel Processor Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00465 - 2021.1 IPU – Intel Processor Advisory
Supermicro’s response to Trickboot vulnerability, March 2021
Supermicro is aware of the Trickboot issue which is observed only with a subset of the X10 UP motherboards. Supermicro will be providing a mitigation for this vulnerability.
TrickBoot is a new functionality within the TrickBot malware toolset capable of discovering vulnerabilities and enabling attackers to read/write/erase the BIOS on the device.
Read MoreBIOS detects GRUB2 boot loader vulnerability in Linux OS, November 2020
A flaw was found in GRUB2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. BIOS will detect this condition and halt the boot with an error message.
- CVE-2020-10713
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2020.2, November 2020
This update applies to the X10, X11, and X12 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® and other Intel processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00358 – 2020.2 IPU – BIOS Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00391 – 2020.2 IPU – Intel® CSME, SPS, TXE, and AMT Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00389 – 2020.2 IPU – Intel® RAPL Advisory
- INTEL-SA-00390 – Intel BIOS Platform Sample Code Advisory
Intel Monthly September Security Update, September 2020
This update applies to the X11 and X12 families of products powered by Intel Core® processors. Intel Monthly September Security Update combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
Please note that X10 family of products is not affected by this announcement.
- Intel-SA-00404 – Intel® AMT and Intel® ISM Advisory
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2020.1, June 2020
This update applies to the X10 and X11 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- Intel-SA-00295 – Intel® CSME, SPS, TXE, AMT and DAL Advisory
- Intel-SA-00320 – Special Register Buffer Data Sampling Advisory
- Intel-SA-00322 – 2020.1 IPU BIOS Advisory
- Intel-SA-00329 – Intel® Processors Data Leakage Advisory
- Intel-SA-00260 – (updated) Intel® Processor Graphics 2019.2 QSR Update Advisory
Lot 9 of ErP (Eco-design) Compliance
Lot 9 regulations are a new set of product standards that deal with data storage devices such as enterprise-level servers. Learn how Supermicro meets European Union (EU) Eco-design requirements for servers and storage products as part of Lot 9 Compliance.
View detailsIntel Monthly February Security Update, February 2020
This update applies to the X11 families of products powered by Intel Core® processors. Intel Monthly February Security Update combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- Intel-SA-00307 – Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure
Intel BIOS Update, INTEL-SA-00329, January 2020
- Intel-SA-00329 – Intel® Processors Data Leakage Advisory
Intel Monthly December Security Update, December 2019
This update applies to the X10, and X11 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® processors. Intel Monthly December Security Update combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- Intel-SA-00289 – Intel® Processors Voltage Settings Modification Advisory
- Intel-SA-00317 – Unexpected Page Fault in Virtualized Environment Advisory
Intel Platform Update (IPU) Update 2019.2, November 2019
This update applies to the X10, and X11 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® processors. Intel Platform Update (IPU) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- Intel-SA-00164 – Intel® Trusted Execution Technology 2019.2 IPU Advisory
- Intel-SA-00219 – Intel® SGX 2019.2 with Intel® Processor Graphics IPU Update Advisory
- Intel-SA-00220 – Intel® SGX and Intel® TXT Advisory
- Intel-SA-00240 – Intel CPU Local Privilege Escalation Advisory
- Intel-SA-00241 – Intel® CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine, Intel® Active Management Technology and Dynamic Application Loader 2019.2 IPU Advisory
- Intel-SA-00254 – Intel® System Management Mode 2019.2 IPU Advisory
- Intel-SA-00260 – Intel® Processor Graphics 2019.2 IPU Advisory
- Intel-SA-00270 – TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort Advisory
- Intel-SA-00271 – Voltage Modulation Technical Advisory
- Intel-SA-00280 – BIOS 2019.2 IPU Advisory
BMC/IPMI Security Vulnerability Update September 3, 2019
Researchers have identified several security related issues on the Virtual Media function of Supermicro BMCs that requires a BMC firmware update to address.
CVE-2019-16649
CVE-2019-16650
AMD Security Vulnerability: Secure Encrypted Virtualization Invalid ECC Curve Points (SEV ECC) in Linux Operating System vulnerability
CVE-2019-9836
View detailsIntel Security Vulnerability regarding Rowhammer style attack to leak information from certain DRAM modules
Intel-SA-00247 (CVE-2019-0174)
View detailsIntel Quarterly Security Release (QSR) Update 2019.1, May 2019
This update applies to the X8, X9, X10, and X11 families of products powered by Intel Xeon® processors. Quarterly Security Release (QSR) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00213 (CVE-2019-0089, CVE-2019-0090, CVE-2019-0086, CVE-2019-0091, CVE-2019-0092, CVE-2019-0093, CVE-2019-0094, CVE-2019-0096, CVE-2019-0097, CVE-2019-0098, CVE-2019-0099, CVE-2019-0153, CVE-2019-0170)
- INTEL-SA-00223 BIOS Not Affected
- INTEL-SA-00233(CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091)
BIOS updates for these issues are rolling out now. View the details below for impacted products and necessary BIOS updates.
Intel Quarterly Security Release (QSR) Update 2018.4, March 2019
This update applies only to the X11 family of products powered by Intel Xeon® processors. Quarterly Security Release (QSR) combines the delivery of security updates that may have been previously provided individually.
- INTEL-SA-00185 (CVE-2018-12188, CVE-2018-12189, CVE-2018-12190, CVE-2018-12191, CVE-2018-12192, CVE-2018-12199, CVE-2018-12198, CVE-2018-12200, CVE-2018-12187, CVE-2018-12196, CVE-2018-12185, CVE-2018-12208)
- INTEL-SA-00191 (CVE-2018-12201, CVE-2018-12202, CVE-2018-12203, CVE-2018-12205, CVE-2018-12204)
"Spoiler": New research Article on speculative execution in Intel processors
View detailsBaseboard Management Controller (BMC) Security Vulnerabilities regarding systems using the ASPEED AST2400 and AST2500 system-on-chips (SoCs)
- CVE-2019-6260
Spectre and Meltdown Side Channel Speculative Execution
- Intel SA-00115 (CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2018-3640)
- Intel-SA-00088 (CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754)
- Intel-SA-00161 (CVE-2018-3615, CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646)
Intel Security Vulnerabilities Regarding Intel® Management Engine (ME), Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS), and Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (TXE)
- Intel-SA-00086 (CVE-2017-5705, CVE-2017-5708, CVE-2017-5711, CVE-2017-5712, CVE-2017-5706, CVE-2017-5709, CVE-2017-5707, CVE-2017-571000)
BIOS/BMC Firmware Security updates prior to 2017
See Firmware Fixes to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures published prior to 2017.
Supermicro pro-actively works with the security community to identify and strengthen security across our product line. Please find solutions to CVEs published on Supermicro firmware.
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