Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2056
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-09 19:16 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
2024-05-09: CVE-2022-33196 was added to this advisory.
Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent network access. (CVE-2022-21216)
Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions which may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-33196)
Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-33972)
Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-38090)
Affected Packages:
microcode_ctl
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update microcode_ctl to update your system.
i686:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.0.15.i686
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.0.15.i686
src:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.0.15.src
x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.0.15.x86_64
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.0.15.x86_64