Security update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1744-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-21151 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-21151 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20220510 release. (bsc#1199423) Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20220419 release. (bsc#1198717)

  • CVE-2022-21151: Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access (bsc#1199423).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1744=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-20220510-3.42.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-20220510-3.42.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20220510-3.42.2
    • ucode-intel-20220510-3.42.2

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