Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-22 (intel-microcode: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5535-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Improper access control for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors before BIOS version     MR7, may allow a local attacker to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2021-33117)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

  - Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21125)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register read operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21127)

  - Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may     allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-21151)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)

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

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5486-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Improper access control for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors before BIOS version     MR7, may allow a local attacker to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2021-33117)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

  - Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register read operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21127)

  - Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may     allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    (CVE-2022-21151)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)

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

The version of microcode_ctl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1762 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0574-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0576-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0575-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0541-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0502-1 advisory.

  - Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-0127)

  - Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to     potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2021-0145)

  - Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow     an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. (CVE-2021-0146)

  - Out of bounds read under complex microarchitectural condition in memory subsystem for some Intel Atom(R)     Processors may allow authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or cause denial of     service via network access. (CVE-2021-33120)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
190764	GLSA-202402-22 : intel-microcode: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
163520	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Intel Microcode vulnerabilities (USN-5535-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
162404	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Intel Microcode vulnerabilities (USN-5486-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
158724	Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl (ALAS-2022-1762)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
158449	openSUSE 15 Security Update : ucode-intel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0574-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
158447	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0576-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
158446	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
158445	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0575-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
158242	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0541-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
158180	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0502-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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