vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-45332: Security patch for microcode_ctl (ALAS-2025-2872)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 13, 2025
Added
May 30, 2025
Modified
May 30, 2025

Description

Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microcode_ctlamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microcode_ctl-debuginfo
Title
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