Debian dla-3537 : intel-microcode - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180019

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3537 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3537-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta August 22, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : intel-microcode Version : 3.20230808.1~deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-40982 CVE-2022-41804 CVE-2023-23908 Debian Bug : 1043305

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities.

CVE-2022-40982

Daniel Moghimi discovered Gather Data Sampling (GDS), a hardware vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was previously stored in vector registers.

For details please refer to https://downfall.page/ and https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security- guidance/technical-documentation/gather-data-sampling.html.

CVE-2022-41804

Unauthorized error injection in Intel SGX or Intel TDX for some Intel Xeon Processors which may allow a local user to potentially escalate privileges.

CVE-2023-23908

Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors may result in an information leak.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 3.20230808.1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.

For the detailed security status of intel-microcode please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/intel-microcode

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the intel-microcode packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?019586d4

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40982

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41804

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23908

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/intel-microcode

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180019

File Name: debian_DLA-3537.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:intel-microcode

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2022-41804, CVE-2023-23908