#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2025-3014.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(266153);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/30");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2025-22839",
"CVE-2025-22840",
"CVE-2025-22889",
"CVE-2025-26403",
"CVE-2025-32086"
);
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3014 (ALAS-2025-3014)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of microcode_ctl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3014 advisory.
Insufficient granularity of access control in the OOB-MSM for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable processors
may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.
(CVE-2025-22839)
Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable
processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access
(CVE-2025-22840)
Improper handling of overlap between protected memory ranges for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor with
Intel(R) TDX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
(CVE-2025-22889)
Out-of-bounds write in the memory subsystem for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processors when using Intel(R) SGX
or Intel(R) TDX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local
access. (CVE-2025-26403)
Improperly implemented security check for standard in the DDRIO configuration for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6
Processors when using Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable
escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2025-32086)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-3014.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-22839.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-22840.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-22889.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-26403.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32086.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update microcode_ctl' or
or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3014' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-22889");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-22839");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/08/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:microcode_ctl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:microcode_ctl-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.26', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.4.26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.26', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-47.amzn2.4.26', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "microcode_ctl / microcode_ctl-debuginfo");
}
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