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OracleVM 3.4 : microcode_ctl (OVMSA-2020-0053)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 143132
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- recognize the 'force-intel' file path available on EL7+ [orabug 31655792]
- disable live load during %post due to UEK4 rendezvous timeouts [orabug 31655792]
- merge Oracle changes for early load via dracut
- remove no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04
- remove other caveat support to be compatible with early load logic
- enable late load on install for UEK4 kernels marked safe (except BDW-79)
- set early_microcode='no' in virtualized guests to avoid early load bugs [Orabug: 30618737]
- Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20201027 release, addresses CVE-2020-8694, CVE-2020-8695, CVE-2020-8696, (CVE-2020-8698) (#1893243, #1893238) :
- Addition of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0x700001e
- Addition of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0x68
- Addition of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0xe0
- Addition of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0xe0
- Addition of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0xe0
- Addition of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K0) microcode (in microcode.dat) at revision 0xe0
- Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in microcode-06-4e-03.dat) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2
- Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in microcode-06-55-04.dat) from revision 0x2006906 up to 0x2006a08
- Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in microcode-06-5e-03.dat) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2
- Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x43 up to 0x44
- Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x1000157 up to 0x1000159
- Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x4002f01 up to 0x4003003
- Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x5002f01 up to 0x5003003
- Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x38 up to 0x40
- Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x16 up to 0x1e
- Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x16 up to 0x18
- Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x78 up to 0xa0
- Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xe0
- Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde
- Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xca up to 0xe0.
- Add README file to the documentation directory.
- Add publicly-sourced codenames list to supply to gen_provides.sh update the latter to handle the somewhat different format.
- Add SUMMARY.intel-ucode file containing metadata information from the microcode file headers.
Solution
Update the affected microcode_ctl package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 143132
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2020-0053.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/20/2020
Updated: 2/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8698
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:microcode_ctl, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-8694, CVE-2020-8695, CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8698