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RHEL 8 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2025:10126)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241104

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for microcode_ctl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10126 advisory.

 The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.

 Security Fix(es):

 * microcode_ctl: From CVEorg collector (CVE-2024-28956)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL microcode_ctl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:10126.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366125

http://www.nessus.org/u?58644241

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10126

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241104

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-10126.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2025

Updated: 7/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28956

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 v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.9

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:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microcode_ctl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28956

CWE: 1421

RHSA: 2025:10126