Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting intel-microcode package, versions <3.20191112.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN13-INTELMICROCODE-5682766
  • published 13 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 14 Nov 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 intel-microcode to version 3.20191112.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream intel-microcode package and not the intel-microcode package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper conditions check in the voltage modulation interface for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6 medium