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Mageia 8 Moderate Advisory: CVE-2022-21233 Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised firmware updates tackle security loopholes in Intel chips, improving safeguard for user information.
Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerability: Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable informa...

Summary

Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerability:
Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processorsmay allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access (CVE-2022-21233, intel-sa-00657).
For more info, see the refenced advisory and release notes.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30748

- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00657.html

- https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/tag/microcode-20220809

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21233

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information disclosure mageia microcode

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/nonfree/microcode-0.20220809-1.mga8.nonfree

Severity
important
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Critical

Publication date: 25 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0304.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-21233

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information disclosure mageia microcode

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