CVE-2024-24980

Publication date 14 August 2024

Last updated 22 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors 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, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Processors failed to properly implement a protection mechanism. A local attacker could use this to potentially escalate their privileges.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.20240813.0ubuntu0.24.04.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20240813.0ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20240813.0ubuntu0.20.04.2
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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Patch details

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Package Patch details
intel-microcode

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