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AlmaLinux 9 : linux-firmware (ALSA-2023:5068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181434

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:5068 advisory.

 - An issue in Zen 2 CPUs, under specific microarchitectural circumstances, may allow an attacker to potentially access sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20593)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5068.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181434

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-5068.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 9/14/2023

Updated: 9/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20593

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl6000g2a-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:linux-firmware-whence, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netronome-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl6050-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl2030-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl5000-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl6000g2b-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:linux-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl1000-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libertas-sd8787-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl7260-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iwl2000-firmware, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20593

CWE: 1239