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Fedora 40 : microcode_ctl (2024-5c5c384fa7)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206411

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-5c5c384fa7 advisory.

 - Update to upstream 2.1-44. 20240813
 - Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode from revision 0x5003605 up to 0x5003707;
 - Update of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode from revision 0x7002802 up to 0x7002904;
 - Update of 06-6a-06/0x87 (ICX-SP D0) microcode from revision 0xd0003d1 up to 0xd0003e7;
 - Update of 06-6c-01/0x10 (ICL-D B0) microcode from revision 0x1000290 up to 0x10002b0;
 - Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0xc4 up to 0xc6;
 - Update of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode from revision 0xb6 up to 0xb8;
 - Update of 06-8c-02/0xc2 (TGL-R C0) microcode from revision 0x36 up to 0x38;
 - Update of 06-8d-01/0xc2 (TGL-H R0) microcode from revision 0x50 up to 0x52;
 - Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode from revision 0xf4 up to 0xf6;
 - Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode from revision 0xf4 up to 0xf6;
 - Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode from revision 0xf4 up to 0xf6;
 - Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode from revision 0xf4 up to 0xf6;
 - Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfc;
 - Update of 06-96-01/0x01 (EHL B1) microcode from revision 0x19 up to 0x1a;
 - Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode from revision 0xf6 up to 0xf8;
 - Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode from revision 0xf4 up to 0xf6;
 - Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode from revision 0xf6 up to 0xf8;
 - Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode from revision 0xfc up to 0x100;
 - Update of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfc;
 - Update of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfc;
 - Update of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfc;
 - Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfe;
 - Update of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K1) microcode from revision 0xfa up to 0xfc;
 - Update of 06-a7-01/0x02 (RKL-S B0) microcode from revision 0x5e up to 0x62;
 - Update of 06-aa-04/0xe6 (MTL-H/U C0) microcode from revision 0x1c up to 0x1e.
 - Addresses CVE-2024-24853, CVE-2024-24980, CVE-2024-25939

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 2:microcode_ctl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-5c5c384fa7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206411

File Name: fedora_2024-5c5c384fa7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2024

Updated: 8/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:microcode_ctl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24853, CVE-2024-24980, CVE-2024-25939