Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-2787
Advisory Release Date: 2025-02-26 23:16 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-07 10:00 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
Improper Finite State Machines (FSMs) in Hardware Logic for some Intel(R) Processors may allow privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2024-31068)
Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior in the Intel(R) DSA V1.0 for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2024-37020)
Insufficient granularity of access control in UEFI firmware in some Intel(R) processors may allow a authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2024-39279)
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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
i686:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.23.i686
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.23.i686
src:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.23.src
x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.23.x86_64
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.23.x86_64