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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:0455-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171688

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0455-1 advisory.

 Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20230214 release.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2022-38090: Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00767](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security- center/advisory/intel-sa-00767.html) (bsc#1208275)
 - CVE-2022-33196: Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00738](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security- center/advisory/intel-sa-00738.html) (bsc#1208276)
 - CVE-2022-21216: Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00700](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security- center/advisory/intel-sa-00700.html) (bsc#1208277)

 - New Platforms:

 | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | SPR-SP | E2 | 06-8f-05/87 | | 2b000181 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E3 | 06-8f-06/87 | | 2b000181 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E4 | 06-8f-07/87 | | 2b000181 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E5 | 06-8f-08/87 | | 2b000181 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-HBM | B3 | 06-8f-08/10 | | 2c000170 | Xeon Max | RPL-P 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/07 | | 0000410e | Core Gen13 | RPL-H 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/07 | | 0000410e | Core Gen13 | RPL-U 2+8 | Q0 | 06-ba-02/07 | | 0000410e | Core Gen13

 - Updated Platforms:

 | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | ADL | C0 | 06-97-02/07 | 00000026 | 0000002c | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-97-05/07 | 00000026 | 0000002c | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-bf-02/07 | 00000026 | 0000002c | Core Gen12 | ADL | C0 | 06-bf-05/07 | 00000026 | 0000002c | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-03/80 | 00000424 | 00000429 | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-04/80 | 00000424 | 00000429 | Core Gen12 | CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04003302 | 04003303 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003302 | 05003303 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CPX-SP | A1 | 06-55-0b/bf | 07002501 | 07002503 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | GLK | B0 | 06-7a-01/01 | 0000003c | 0000003e | Pentium Silver N/J5xxx, Celeron N/J4xxx | GLK-R | R0 | 06-7a-08/01 | 00000020 | 00000022 | Pentium J5040/N5030, Celeron J4125/J4025/N4020/N4120 | ICL-D | B0 | 06-6c-01/10 | 01000201 | 01000211 | Xeon D-17xx, D-27xx | ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 000000b6 | 000000b8 | Core Gen10 Mobile | ICX-SP | D0 | 06-6a-06/87 | 0d000375 | 0d000389 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | JSL | A0/A1 | 06-9c-00/01 | 24000023 | 24000024 | Pentium N6000/N6005, Celeron N4500/N4505/N5100/N5105 | LKF | B2/B3 | 06-8a-01/10 | 00000031 | 00000032 | Core w/Hybrid Technology | RKL-S | B0 | 06-a7-01/02 | 00000056 | 00000057 | Core Gen11 | RPL-S | S0 | 06-b7-01/32 | 0000010e | 00000112 | Core Gen13 | SKX-SP | B1 | 06-55-03/97 | 0100015e | 01000161 | Xeon Scalable

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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/1208275

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208276

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208277

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21216

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33196

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38090

http://www.nessus.org/u?683b6eec

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171688

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0455-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, 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: 2/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21216, CVE-2022-33196, CVE-2022-38090

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0455-1