Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2491
Advisory Release Date: 2024-03-12 12:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-12 12:00 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel® Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2023-38575)
Protection mechanism failure of bus lock regulator for some Intel® Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access. (CVE-2023-39368)
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.amzn2.4.17.i686
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.17.i686
src:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.17.src
x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.17.x86_64
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.17.x86_64