Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - kernel: Intel firmware update for improper isolation of shared resources (CVE-2022-38090)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the microcode_ctl-20230214-1.el9 build changelog.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2243-2 advisory.

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-189 advisory.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of microcode_ctl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2056 advisory.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b28dc472b0 advisory.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6846a1db56 advisory.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2290-1 advisory.

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2289-1 advisory.

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2243-1 advisory.

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2244-1 advisory.

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3379 advisory.

  - Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon     Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent     network access. (CVE-2022-21216)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21233)

  - Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R)     Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially     enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)

  - Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable     Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-33972)

  - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-38090)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5886-1 advisory.

    Erik C. Bjorge discovered that some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors did not properly     implement access controls for out-of-band management. This may allow a privileged network-adjacent user to     potentially escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-21216)

    Cfir Cohen, Erdem Aktas, Felix Wilhelm, James Forshaw, Josh Eads, Nagaraju Kodalapura Nagabhushana Rao,     Przemyslaw Duda, Liron Shacham and Ron Anderson discovered that some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors used     incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations when using Intel(R) Software Guard     Extensions. This may allow a privileged local user to potentially escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-33196)

    It was discovered that some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors did not properly calculate     microkey keying. This may allow a privileged local user to potentially disclose information.

    (CVE-2022-33972)

    Joseph Nuzman discovered that some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions did     not properly isolate shared resources. This may allow a privileged local user to potentially disclose     information. (CVE-2022-38090)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199901	RHEL 7 : microcode_ctl (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
191341	CentOS 9 : microcode_ctl-20230214-1.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
178414	openSUSE 15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2243-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
176950	Amazon Linux 2023 : microcode_ctl (ALAS2023-2023-189)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
176705	Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl (ALAS-2023-2056)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
176460	Fedora 37 : microcode_ctl (2023-b28dc472b0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
176426	Fedora 38 : microcode_ctl (2023-6846a1db56)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
176385	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2290-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
176384	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2289-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
176104	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2243-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
176099	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2244-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
173778	Debian DLA-3379-1 : intel-microcode - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
171928	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Intel Microcode vulnerabilities (USN-5886-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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