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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2025:01650-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237165

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01650-1 advisory.

 Intel CPU Microcode was updated to the 20250512 release (bsc#1243123)

 - CVE-2024-28956: Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
 - CVE-2025-20103: Insufficient resource pool in the core management mechanism for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
 - CVE-2025-20054: Uncaught exception in the core management mechanism for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
 - CVE-2024-43420: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution for some Intel Atom processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
 - CVE-2025-20623: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution for some Intel Core processors (10th Generation) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
 - CVE-2024-45332: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
 - CVE-2025-24495: Incorrect initialization of resource in the branch prediction unit for some Intel Core Ultra Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
 - CVE-2025-20012: Incorrect behavior order for some Intel Core Ultra Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
 - Updates for functional issues.

 - New Platforms

 | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | ARL-U | A1 | 06-b5-00/80 | | 0000000a | Core Ultra Processor (Series2) | ARL-S/HX (8P) | B0 | 06-c6-02/82 | | 00000118 | Core Ultra Processor (Series2) | ARL-H | A1 | 06-c5-02/82 | | 00000118 | Core Ultra Processor (Series2) | GNR-AP/SP | B0 | 06-ad-01/95 | | 010003a2 | Xeon Scalable Gen6 | GNR-AP/SP | H0 | 06-ad-01/20 | | 0a0000d1 | Xeon Scalable Gen6 | LNL | B0 | 06-bd-01/80 | | 0000011f | Core Ultra 200 V Series Processor

 - Updated Platforms

 | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:--------- | ADL | C0 | 06-97-02/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen12 | ADL | H0 | 06-97-05/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen12 | ADL | L0 | 06-9a-03/80 | 00000436 | 00000437 | Core Gen12 | ADL | R0 | 06-9a-04/80 | 00000436 | 00000437 | Core Gen12 | ADL-N | N0 | 06-be-00/19 | 0000001c | 0000001d | Core i3-N305/N300, N50/N97/N100/N200, Atom x7211E/x7213E/x7425E | AML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile | AZB | A0/R0 | 06-9a-04/40 | 00000009 | 0000000a | Intel(R) Atom(R) C1100 | CFL-H | R0 | 06-9e-0d/22 | 00000102 | 00000104 | Core Gen9 Mobile | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003707 | 05003901 | Xeon Scalable Gen2 | CML-H | R1 | 06-a5-02/20 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-S102 | Q0 | 06-a5-05/22 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 | CML-S62 | G1 | 06-a5-03/22 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 | CML-U42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-U62 V1 | A0 | 06-a6-00/80 | 000000fe | 00000102 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-U62 V2 | K1 | 06-a6-01/80 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile | CPX-SP | A1 | 06-55-0b/bf | 07002904 | 07002b01 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | EMR-SP | A1 | 06-cf-02/87 | 21000291 | 210002a9 | Xeon Scalable Gen5 | GLK-R | R0 | 06-7a-08/01 | 00000024 | 00000026 | Pentium J5040/N5030, Celeron J4125/J4025/N4020/N4120 | ICL-D | B0 | 06-6c-01/10 | 010002c0 | 010002d0 | Xeon D-17xx, D-27xx | ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 000000c6 | 000000ca | Core Gen10 Mobile | ICX-SP | Dx/M1 | 06-6a-06/87 | 0d0003f5 | 0d000404 | Xeon Scalable Gen3 | MTL | C0 | 06-aa-04/e6 | 00000020 | 00000024 | Core Ultra Processor | RKL-S | B0 | 06-a7-01/02 | 00000063 | 00000064 | Core Gen11 | RPL-E/HX/S | B0 | 06-b7-01/32 | 0000012c | 0000012f | Core Gen13/Gen14 | RPL-H/P/PX 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/e0 | 00004124 | 00004128 | Core Gen13 | RPL-HX/S | C0 | 06-bf-02/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen13/Gen14 | RPL-S | H0 | 06-bf-05/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen13/Gen14 | RPL-U 2+8 | Q0 | 06-ba-03/e0 | 00004124 | 00004128 | Core Gen13 | SPR-HBM | Bx | 06-8f-08/10 | 2c0003e0 | 2c0003f7 | Xeon Max | SPR-SP | E4/S2 | 06-8f-07/87 | 2b000620 | 2b000639 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SPR-SP | E5/S3 | 06-8f-08/87 | 2b000620 | 2b000639 | Xeon Scalable Gen4 | SRF-SP | C0 | 06-af-03/01 | 03000330 | 03000341 | Xeon 6700-Series Processors with E-Cores | TGL | B0/B1 | 06-8c-01/80 | 000000b8 | 000000bc | Core Gen11 Mobile | TGL-H | R0 | 06-8d-01/c2 | 00000052 | 00000056 | Core Gen11 Mobile | TGL-R | C0 | 06-8c-02/c2 | 00000038 | 0000003c | Core Gen11 Mobile | TWL | N0 | 06-be-00/19 | 0000001c | 0000001d | Core i3-N305/N300, N50/N97/N100/N200, Atom x7211E/x7213E/x7425E | WHL-U | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen8 Mobile

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://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28956

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243123

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-May/039307.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43420

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45332

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20012

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20054

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20103

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20623

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24495

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237165

File Name: suse_SU-2025-01650-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2025

Updated: 5/23/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20012

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24495

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 3.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24495

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: 5/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28956, CVE-2024-43420, CVE-2024-45332, CVE-2025-20012, CVE-2025-20054, CVE-2025-20103, CVE-2025-20623, CVE-2025-24495

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:01650-1