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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : AMD Microcode regression (USN-3690-2)

low Nessus Plugin ID 110939

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3690-2 advisory.

 USN-3690-1 provided updated microcode for AMD processors to address CVE-2017-5715 (aka Spectre).
 Unfortunately, the update caused some systems to fail to boot. This update reverts the update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



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

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

Solution

Update the affected amd64-microcode package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3690-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 110939

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3690-2.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2018

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amd64-microcode

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2018

Reference Information

IAVA: 2018-A-0020

USN: 3690-2