CVE-2023-22655

Publication date 12 March 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd and 4th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors when using Intel(R) SGX or Intel(R) TDX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that some 3rd and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Processors did not properly restrict access to certain hardware features when using Intel® SGX or Intel® TDX. This may allow a privileged local user to potentially further escalate their privileges on the system.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.20240514.0ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20240514.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20240514.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [trusty doesn't support early microcode loading at runtime]

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6797-1
    • Intel Microcode vulnerabilities
    • 29 May 2024

Other references