USN-6244-1: AMD Microcode vulnerability

Severity

High

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6244-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: amd64-microcode – 3.20191021.1+really3.20180524.1~ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-20593.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is high unless otherwise noted.

• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.181
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.181

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.181 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • For all versions, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.181 or greater

History

2023-10-05: Initial vulnerability report published.