2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.6%
This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs.
In particular it provides mitigations for the TAA (TSX Asynchronous Abort) vulnerability. For affected CPUs, to fully mitigate the vulnerability it is also necessary to update the Linux kernel packages as released in DSA 4564-1.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4565. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(130983);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11135", "CVE-2019-11139");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4565");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4565-1 : intel-microcode - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs.
In particular it provides mitigations for the TAA (TSX Asynchronous
Abort) vulnerability. For affected CPUs, to fully mitigate the
vulnerability it is also necessary to update the Linux kernel packages
as released in DSA 4564-1."
);
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/intel-microcode
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?019586d4"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/intel-microcode"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/intel-microcode"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4565"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the intel-microcode packages.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 3.20191112.1~deb9u1.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.20191112.1~deb10u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11135");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:intel-microcode");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"intel-microcode", reference:"3.20191112.1~deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"intel-microcode", reference:"3.20191112.1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_note(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | intel-microcode | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:intel-microcode |
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.6%