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AlmaLinux 9 : linux-firmware (ALSA-2024:7484)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208198

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:7484 advisory.

 * kernel: hw:amd:IOMMU improperly handles certain special address leading to a loss of guest integrity (CVE-2023-20584)
 * kernel: hw: amd:Incomplete system memory cleanup in SEV firmware corrupt guest private memory (CVE-2023-31356)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-7484.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208198

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-7484.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/4/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31356

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:N/I:H/A:N

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20584

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20584, CVE-2023-31356