Bottlerocket: microcode: security update to 2.5.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427978

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Improper validation in a model specific register (MSR) could allow a malicious program with ring0 access
to modify SMM configuration while SMI lock is enabled, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2023-31315)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 427978

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Bottlerocket Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31315

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31315

Detections

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