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
Fixed 3.20240813.0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.20240813.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2
14.04 LTS trusty 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