The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9401 advisory.

    The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: local privilege escalation on Intel microcode on Intel(R) Xeon(R) (CVE-2023-22655)

    * kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors (CVE-2023-28746)

    * kernel: Local information disclosure in some Intel(R) processors (CVE-2023-38575)

    * kernel: Possible Denial of Service on Intel(R) Processors (CVE-2023-39368)

    * kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Xeon(R) D processors with Intel(R) SGX due to incorrect     calculation in microcode (CVE-2023-43490)

    * intel-microcode: Race conditions in some Intel(R) Processors (CVE-2023-45733)

    * intel-microcode: Unexpected behavior in Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra Processors (CVE-2023-46103)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 9 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2024:9401)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210782

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Mar 29, 2025, 3:23 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 10.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-38575, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202503290323
Version 1.1 Nov 12, 2024, 8:29 PM New Plugin Feed: 202411122029