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Fedora 38 : linux-firmware (2023-755b8bb6db)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179713

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-755b8bb6db advisory.

 New firmware for AMD Zen CPUs to mitigate the AMD 'Inception' attack. Only needed for affected AMD users.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 linux-firmware package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-755b8bb6db

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179713

File Name: fedora_2023-755b8bb6db.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:linux-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2023

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