CVE-2023-39368

Publication date 12 March 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Protection mechanism failure of bus lock regulator for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that some IntelĀ® Processors did not properly enforce bus lock regulator protections. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

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 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references