Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-436 advisory.

  - Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure and/or     denial of service via local access. (CVE-2023-23583)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3382-1 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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 SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3383-1 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-3537 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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 SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3359-1 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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-2023-10d34be85a advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - 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)

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-e1482687dd advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - 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)

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

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5474 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6286-1 advisory.

    Daniel Moghimi discovered that some Intel(R) Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state     after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to     sensitive information. (CVE-2022-40982)

    It was discovered that some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors did not properly restrict error injection for     Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX. A local privileged user could use this to further escalate their privileges.
    (CVE-2022-41804)

    It was discovered that some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors did not properly restrict     access in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information.
    (CVE-2023-23908)

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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3289-1 advisory.

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector     execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - Unauthorized error injection in Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may     allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-41804)

  - Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-23908)

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
185722	Amazon Linux 2023 : microcode_ctl (ALAS2023-2023-436)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
180151	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:3382-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
180140	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:3383-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
180019	Debian DLA-3537-1 : intel-microcode - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
179988	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:3359-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
179957	Fedora 37 : microcode_ctl (2023-10d34be85a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
179889	Fedora 38 : microcode_ctl (2023-e1482687dd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
179735	Debian DSA-5474-1 : intel-microcode - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
179733	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Intel Microcode vulnerabilities (USN-6286-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
179723	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:3289-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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