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Oracle Linux 8 : microcode_ctl (ELSA-2022-9484)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162217

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9484 advisory.

 [4:20220207-1.0.3]
 - update 06-55-04 to 0x2006d05
 - update 06-55-07 to 0x5003302
 - update 06-6a-04 to 0xb000280
 - update 06-6a-06 to 0xd000375

 [4:20220207-1.0.2]
 - roll back 06-6a-06 to 0xd0002a0 due to PCIe issues on reset [Orabug: 34076995]

 [4:20220207-1.0.1]
 - add support for UEK6 and UEK7 kernels
 - enable early update for 06-4f-01
 - remove no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04
 - enable early and late load on RHCK

 [4:20220207-1]
 - Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20220207 release:
 - Fixes in releasenote.md file.

 [4:20220204-1]
 - Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20220204 release, addresses CVE-2021-0127, CVE-2021-0145, and CVE-2021-33120 (#1971906, #2049543,
 - Removal of 06-86-04/0x01 (SNR B0) microcode at revision 0xb00000f;
 - Removal of 06-86-05/0x01 (SNR B1) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-86-04) at revision 0xb00000f;
 - Removal of 06-86-04/0x01 (SNR B0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-86-05) at revision 0xb00000f;
 - Removal of 06-86-05/0x01 (SNR B1) microcode at revision 0xb00000f;
 - Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in intel-06-4e-03/intel-ucode/06-4e-03) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-4f-01/0xef (BDX-E/EP/EX/ML B0/M0/R0) microcode (in intel-06-4f-01/intel-ucode/06-4f-01) from revision 0xb00003e up to 0xb000040;
 - Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in intel-06-55-04/intel-ucode/06-55-04) from revision 0x2006b06 up to 0x2006c0a;
 - Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in intel-06-5e-03/intel-ucode/06-5e-03) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode (in intel-06-8c-01/intel-ucode/06-8c-01) from revision 0x88 up to 0x9a;
 - Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0b) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0c) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-09) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0c) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0d) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode from revision 0x46 up to 0x49;
 - Update of 06-3f-04/0x80 (HSX-EX E0) microcode from revision 0x19 up to 0x1a;
 - Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x100015b up to 0x100015c;
 - Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode from revision 0x4003102 up to 0x400320a;
 - Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode from revision 0x5003102 up to 0x500320a;
 - Update of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode from revision 0x7002302 up to 0x7002402;
 - Update of 06-56-03/0x10 (BDX-DE V2/V3) microcode from revision 0x700001b up to 0x700001c;
 - Update of 06-56-04/0x10 (BDX-DE Y0) microcode from revision 0xf000019 up to 0xf00001a;
 - Update of 06-56-05/0x10 (BDX-NS A0/A1, HWL A1) microcode from revision 0xe000012 up to 0xe000014;
 - Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode from revision 0x44 up to 0x46;
 - Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode from revision 0x20 up to 0x24;
 - Update of 06-5f-01/0x01 (DNV B0) microcode from revision 0x34 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-6a-06/0x87 (ICX-SP D0) microcode from revision 0xd0002a0 up to 0xd000331;
 - Update of 06-7a-01/0x01 (GLK B0) microcode from revision 0x36 up to 0x38;
 - Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode from revision 0x1a up to 0x1c;
 - Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0xa6 up to 0xa8;
 - Update of 06-8a-01/0x10 (LKF B2/B3) microcode from revision 0x2a up to 0x2d;
 - Update of 06-8c-02/0xc2 (TGL-R C0) microcode from revision 0x16 up to 0x22;
 - Update of 06-8d-01/0xc2 (TGL-H R0) microcode from revision 0x2c up to 0x3c;
 - Update of 06-96-01/0x01 (EHL B1) microcode from revision 0x11 up to 0x15;
 - Update of 06-9c-00/0x01 (JSL A0/A1) microcode from revision 0x1d up to 0x2400001f;
 - Update of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode from revision 0xec up to 0xee;
 - Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode from revision 0xe8 up to 0xea;
 - Update of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K1) microcode from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
 - Update of 06-a7-01/0x02 (RKL-S B0) microcode from revision 0x40 up to 0x50.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected microcode_ctl package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9484.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 162217

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9484.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2022-21166

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:linux:microcode_ctl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21125, CVE-2022-21127, CVE-2022-21166