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Fedora 40 : microcode_ctl (2024-e6b5e38ae6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207325

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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-e6b5e38ae6 advisory.

 - Update to upstream 2.1-45. 20240910
 - Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-9a-03/0x80 (ADL-P 6+8/U 9W L0/R0) microcode from revision 0x433 up to 0x434;
 - Update of 06-9a-04/0x80 (ADL-P 2+8 R0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-9a-03) from revision 0x433 up to 0x434;
 - Update of 06-9a-03/0x80 (ADL-P 6+8/U 9W L0/R0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-9a-04) from revision 0x433 up to 0x434;
 - Update of 06-9a-04/0x80 (ADL-P 2+8 R0) microcode from revision 0x433 up to 0x434;
 - Update of 06-aa-04/0xe6 (MTL-H/U C0) microcode from revision 0x1e up to 0x1f;
 - Update of 06-b7-01/0x32 (RPL-S B0) microcode from revision 0x123 up to 0x129;
 - Update of 06-ba-02/0xe0 (RPL-H 6+8/P 6+8 J0) microcode from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-03/0xe0 (RPL-U 2+8 Q0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-02) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-02) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-02/0xe0 (RPL-H 6+8/P 6+8 J0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-03) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-03/0xe0 (RPL-U 2+8 Q0) microcode from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-03) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-02/0xe0 (RPL-H 6+8/P 6+8 J0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-08) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-03/0xe0 (RPL-U 2+8 Q0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-08) from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode from revision 0x4121 up to 0x4122;
 - Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-bf-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36;
 - Update of 06-be-00/0x19 (ADL-N A0) microcode from revision 0x17 up to 0x1a (old pf 0x11).
 - Addresses CVE-2024-23984, CVE-2024-24968
 - Added the documentation directory to the list of files owned by the package


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-e6b5e38ae6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207325

File Name: fedora_2024-e6b5e38ae6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2024

Updated: 9/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 3.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

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: 9/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23984, CVE-2024-24968