Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0223: linux-firmware (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0223)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235967

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0223 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-20584:
IOMMU improperly handles certain special address ranges with invalid device table entries (DTEs), which may allow an attacker with privileges and a compromised Hypervisor to induce DTE faults to bypass RMP checks in SEV-SNP, potentially leading to a loss of guest integrity.

CVE-2023-31315:
Improper validation in a model specific register (MSR) could allow a malicious program with ring0 access to modify SMM configuration while SMI lock is enabled, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2023-31356:
Incomplete system memory cleanup in SEV firmware could allow a privileged attacker to corrupt guest private memory, potentially resulting in a loss of data integrity.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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 packages.

See Also

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20240223.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235967

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0223.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:linux-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl3945-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl5000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl6000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl6000g2a-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libertas-sd8686-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl7260-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl2030-firmware, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl6000g2b-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libertas-usb8388-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl2000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl4965-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl1000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:iwl6050-firmware, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libertas-sd8787-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20584, CVE-2023-31315, CVE-2023-31356