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HistoryJan 22, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Intel Microcode regression

2018-01-2200:00:00
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5.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.975 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 17.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • intel-microcode - Processor microcode for Intel CPUs

Details

USN-3531-1 updated Intel microcode to the 20180108 release. Regressions
were discovered in the microcode updates which could cause system
instability on certain hardware platforms. At the request of Intel, we have
reverted to the previous packaged microcode version, the 20170707 release.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel
attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to
expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2017-5715)

This update provides the microcode updates required for the corresponding
Linux kernel updates.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu17.10noarchintel-microcode< 3.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu17.10.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchintel-microcode< 3.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchintel-microcode< 3.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu14.04.1UNKNOWN

5.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.975 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%

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