Alpine: intel-ucode: security update to 20190514a-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404982

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized
disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
(CVE-2017-5753)

- Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow
unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis
of the data cache. (CVE-2017-5754)

- Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS): Store buffers on some microprocessors utilizing
speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a
side channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-
update-guidance_05132019.pdf (CVE-2018-12126)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5753

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5754

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12126

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 404982

Version: Revision 1.35

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2018-12126

BID: 102371, 102378, 106128, 108330