DSA-5178-1 intel-microcode -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-21123   CVE-2022-21125   CVE-2022-21127   CVE-2022-21151   CVE-2022-21166  

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21125, CVE-2022-21127, CVE-2022-21166 Various researchers discovered flaws in Intel processors, collectively referred to as MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities, which may result in information leak to local users. For details please refer to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/technical-documentation/processor-mmio-stale-data-vulnerabilities.html CVE-2022-21151 Alysa Milburn, Jason Brandt, Avishai Redelman and Nir Lavi discovered that for some Intel processors optimization removal or modification of security-critical code may result in information disclosure to local users. For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.20220510.1~deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 3.20220510.1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages. For the detailed security status of intel-microcode please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/intel-microcode

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5178-1 intel-microcode -- security update

Date Reported:
06 Jul 2022
Affected Packages:
intel-microcode
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1010947.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21125, CVE-2022-21127, CVE-2022-21151, CVE-2022-21166.
More information:

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.20220510.1~deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 3.20220510.1~deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.

For the detailed security status of intel-microcode please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/intel-microcode