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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:2832-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164268

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2832-1 advisory.

 Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20220809 release (bsc#1201727):

 - CVE-2022-21233: Fixed an issue where stale data may have been leaked from the legacy xAPIC MMIO region, which could be used to compromise an SGX enclave (INTEL-SA-00657).
 See also: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00657.html

 Other fixes:

 - Update for functional issues.
 See also: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/scalable/xeon-scalable-spec- update.html?wapkw=processor+specification+update

 - Updated Platforms:

 | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | SKX-SP | B1 | 06-55-03/97 | 0100015d | 0100015e | Xeon Scalable | SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006d05 | 02006e05 | Xeon Scalable | SKX-D | M1 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006d05 | 02006e05 | Xeon D-21xx | ICX-SP | D0 | 06-6a-06/87 | 0d000363 | 0d000375 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | GLK | B0 | 06-7a-01/01 | 0000003a | 0000003c | Pentium Silver N/J5xxx, Celeron N/J4xxx | GLK-R | R0 | 06-7a-08/01 | 0000001e | 00000020 | Pentium J5040/N5030, Celeron J4125/J4025/N4020/N4120 | ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 000000b0 | 000000b2 | Core Gen10 Mobile | TGL-R | C0 | 06-8c-02/c2 | 00000026 | 00000028 | Core Gen11 Mobile | TGL-H | R0 | 06-8d-01/c2 | 0000003e | 00000040 | Core Gen11 Mobile | RKL-S | B0 | 06-a7-01/02 | 00000053 | 00000054 | Core Gen11 | ADL | C0 | 06-97-02/03 | 0000001f | 00000022 | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-97-05/03 | 0000001f | 00000022 | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-03/80 | 0000041c | 00000421 | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-04/80 | 0000041c | 00000421 | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-bf-02/03 | 0000001f | 00000022 | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-bf-05/03 | 0000001f | 00000022 | Core Gen12
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected ucode-intel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201727

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21233

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e77fd5e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164268

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2832-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21233

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

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: 8/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21233

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2832-1