ALAS-2023-2056


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
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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.

New Packages:
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