vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4985-1 (CVE-2020-24489): Intel Microcode vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2021
Added
Jun 12, 2021
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Incomplete cleanup in some Intel(R) VT-d products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-intel-microcodeubuntu-upgrade-intel-microcode
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