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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2023:3359-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179988

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3359-1 advisory.

 - Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20230808 release. (bsc#1214099)
 - CVE-2022-40982: Fixed a potential security vulnerability in some Intel? Processors which may allow information disclosure.
 - CVE-2023-23908: Fixed a potential security vulnerability in some 3rd Generation Intel? Xeon? Scalable processors which may allow information disclosure.
 - CVE-2022-41804: Fixed a potential security vulnerability in some Intel? Xeon? Processors with Intel? Software Guard Extensions (SGX) which may allow escalation of privilege.

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/1206418

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214099

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-August/031089.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40982

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41804

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23908

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179988

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3359-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2022-41804, CVE-2023-23908

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3359-1