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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-21216: Security patch for microcode_ctl (ALAS-2023-2056)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-21216: Security patch for microcode_ctl (ALAS-2023-2056)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2023
Created
06/06/2023
Added
06/06/2023
Modified
06/06/2023

Description

Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent network access.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microcode_ctl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microcode_ctl-debuginfo

References

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