Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Affecting microcode_ctl-debuginfo package, versions <2:2.1-47.amzn2.4.23


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-MICROCODECTLDEBUGINFO-9299652
  • published7 Mar 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2025

Introduced: 12 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2024-39279  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1220  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 microcode_ctl-debuginfo to version 2:2.1-47.amzn2.4.23 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2787.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream microcode_ctl-debuginfo package and not the microcode_ctl-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Insufficient granularity of access control in UEFI firmware in some Intel(R) processors may allow a authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1