The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3317 advisory.

    * hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548)

    * hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549)

    * hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-2020-0543)

    * hw: Information disclosure issue in Intel SGX via RAPL interface     (CVE-2020-8695)

    * hw: Vector Register Leakage-Active (CVE-2020-8696)

    * hw: Fast forward store predictor (CVE-2020-8698)

    * hw: vt-d related privilege escalation (CVE-2020-24489)

    * hw: improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel Processors     (CVE-2020-24511)

    * hw: observable timing discrepancy in some Intel Processors     (CVE-2020-24512)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 7 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2021:3317)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152926

Version 1.8

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.8 Nov 7, 2024, 5:39 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411070539
Version 1.7 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.6 Jan 23, 2023, 7:12 PM Logic Changes (Added support for repository relative URLs) Plugin Feed: 202301231912