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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:2290-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176385

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2290-1 advisory.

 - Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20230512 release. (bsc#1211382)
 - New Platforms | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | ADL-N | A0 | 06-be-00/01 | | 00000010 | Core i3-N305/N300, N50/N97/N100/N200, Atom x7211E/x7213E/x7425E | AZB | A0 | 06-9a-04/40 | | 00000004 | Intel(R) Atom(R) C1100 | AZB | R0 | 06-9a-04/40 | | 00000004 | Intel(R) Atom(R) C1100
 - Updated Platforms | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-03/80 | 00000429 | 0000042a | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-04/80 | 00000429 | 0000042a | Core Gen12 | AML-Y22 | H0 | 06-8e-09/10 | | 000000f2 | Core Gen8 Mobile | AML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CFL-H | R0 | 06-9e-0d/22 | 000000f4 | 000000f8 | Core Gen9 Mobile | CFL-H/S | P0 | 06-9e-0c/22 | 000000f0 | 000000f2 | Core Gen9 | CFL-H/S/E3 | U0 | 06-9e-0a/22 | 000000f0 | 000000f2 | Core Gen8 Desktop, Mobile, Xeon E | CFL-S | B0 | 06-9e-0b/02 | 000000f0 | 000000f2 | Core Gen8 | CFL-U43e | D0 | 06-8e-0a/c0 | 000000f0 | 000000f2 | Core Gen8 Mobile | CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04003303 | 04003501 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003303 | 05003501 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CML-H | R1 | 06-a5-02/20 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-S102 | Q0 | 06-a5-05/22 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 | CML-S62 | G1 | 06-a5-03/22 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 | CML-U62 V1 | A0 | 06-a6-00/80 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-U62 V2 | K1 | 06-a6-01/80 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CPX-SP | A1 | 06-55-0b/bf | 07002503 | 07002601 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | ICL-D | B0 | 06-6c-01/10 | 01000211 | 01000230 | Xeon D-17xx, D-27xx | ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 000000b8 | 000000ba | Core Gen10 Mobile | ICX-SP | D0 | 06-6a-06/87 | 0d000389 | 0d000390 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | KBL-G/H/S/E3 | B0 | 06-9e-09/2a | 000000f0 | 000000f2 | Core Gen7; Xeon E3 v6 | KBL-U/Y | H0 | 06-8e-09/c0 | | 000000f2 | Core Gen7 Mobile | LKF | B2/B3 | 06-8a-01/10 | 00000032 | 00000033 | Core w/Hybrid Technology | RKL-S | B0 | 06-a7-01/02 | 00000057 | 00000058 | Core Gen11 | RPL-H 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/07 | 0000410e | 00004112 | Core Gen13 | RPL-P 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/07 | 0000410e | 00004112 | Core Gen13 | RPL-S | S0 | 06-b7-01/32 | 00000112 | 00000113 | Core Gen13 | RPL-U 2+8 | Q0 | 06-ba-03/07 | 0000410e | 00004112 | Core Gen13 | SKX-D | H0 | 06-55-04/b7 | | 02006f05 | Xeon D-21xx | SKX-SP | B1 | 06-55-03/97 | 01000161 | 01000171 | Xeon Scalable | SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | | 02006f05 | Xeon Scalable | SPR-HBM | B3 | 06-8f-08/10 | 2c000170 | 2c0001d1 | Xeon Max | SPR-SP | E0 | 06-8f-04/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E2 | 06-8f-05/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E3 | 06-8f-06/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E4 | 06-8f-07/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E5 | 06-8f-08/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | S2 | 06-8f-07/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | S3 | 06-8f-08/87 | 2b000181 | 2b000461 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | TGL | B1 | 06-8c-01/80 | 000000a6 | 000000aa | Core Gen11 Mobile | TGL-H | R0 | 06-8d-01/c2 | 00000042 | 00000044 | Core Gen11 Mobile | TGL-R | C0 | 06-8c-02/c2 | 00000028 | 0000002a | Core Gen11 Mobile | WHL-U | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000f4 | 000000f6 | Core Gen8 Mobile | WHL-U | W0 | 06-8e-0b/d0 | | 000000f2 | Core Gen8 Mobile

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/1208479

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211382

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33972

http://www.nessus.org/u?03f19981

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176385

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2290-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: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: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33972

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2290-1