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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2020:3271-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143719

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues :

Intel CPU Microcode updated to 20201027 pre-release

CVE-2020-8695: Fixed Intel RAPL sidechannel attack (SGX) (bsc#1170446)

CVE-2020-8698: Fixed Fast Store Forward Predictor INTEL-SA-00381 (bsc#1173594)

# New Platforms: | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:----
----- | TGL | B1 | 06-8c-01/80 | | 00000068 | Core Gen11 Mobile | CPX-SP | A1 | 06-55-0b/bf | | 0700001e | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | CML-H | R1 | 06-a5-02/20 | | 000000e0 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-S62 | G1 | 06-a5-03/22 | | 000000e0 | Core Gen10 | CML-S102 | Q0 | 06-a5-05/22 | | 000000e0 | Core Gen10 | CML-U62 V2 | K0 | 06-a6-01/80 | | 000000e0 | Core Gen10 Mobile # Updated Platforms: | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:----
----- | GKL-R | R0 | 06-7a-08/01 | 00000016 | 00000018 | Pentium J5040/N5030, Celeron J4125/J4025/N4020/N4120 | SKL-U/Y | D0 | 06-4e-03/c0 | 000000d6 | 000000e2 | Core Gen6 Mobile | SKL-U23e | K1 | 06-4e-03/c0 | 000000d6 | 000000e2 | Core Gen6 Mobile | APL | D0 | 06-5c-09/03 | 00000038 | 00000040 | Pentium N/J4xxx, Celeron N/J3xxx, Atom x5/7-E39xx | APL | E0 | 06-5c-0a/03 | 00000016 | 0000001e | Atom x5-E39xx | SKL-H/S | R0/N0 | 06-5e-03/36 | 000000d6 | 000000e2 | Core Gen6; Xeon E3 v5 | HSX-E/EP | Cx/M1 | 06-3f-02/6f | 00000043 | 00000044 | Core Gen4 X series; Xeon E5 v3 | SKX-SP | B1 | 06-55-03/97 | 01000157 | 01000159 | Xeon Scalable | SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006906 | 02006a08 | Xeon Scalable | SKX-D | M1 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006906 | 02006a08 | Xeon D-21xx | CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04002f01 | 04003003 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05002f01 | 05003003 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 00000078 | 000000a0 | Core Gen10 Mobile | AML-Y22 | H0 | 06-8e-09/10 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen8 Mobile | KBL-U/Y | H0 | 06-8e-09/c0 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen7 Mobile | CFL-U43e | D0 | 06-8e-0a/c0 | 000000d6 | 000000e0 | Core Gen8 Mobile | WHL-U | W0 | 06-8e-0b/d0 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen8 Mobile | AML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen10 Mobile | WHL-U | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen8 Mobile | KBL-G/H/S/E3 | B0 | 06-9e-09/2a | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen7; Xeon E3 v6 | CFL-H/S/E3 | U0 | 06-9e-0a/22 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen8 Desktop, Mobile, Xeon E | CFL-S | B0 | 06-9e-0b/02 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen8 | CFL-H/S | P0 | 06-9e-0c/22 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen9 | CFL-H | R0 | 06-9e-0d/22 | 000000d6 | 000000de | Core Gen9 Mobile | CML-U62 | A0 | 06-a6-00/80 | 000000ca | 000000e0 | Core Gen10 Mobile

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-3271=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170446

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173594

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8695/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8698/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0b3b7c46

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143719

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3271-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-intel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8695, CVE-2020-8698