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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:2838-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164303

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2838-1 advisory.

 - Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21233)

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 ucode-intel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201727

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21233

http://www.nessus.org/u?cdbb1e8e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164303

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2838-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21233

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-intel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21233

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2838-1