RHSA-2025:7043

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-05-13 08:49 - Updated: 2026-03-18 02:49
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: microcode_ctl security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors. Security Fix(es): * microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware (CVE-2024-28047) * microcode_ctl: Insufficient granularity of access control in UEFI firmware (CVE-2024-39279) * microcode_ctl: mproper initialization in UEFI firmware OutOfBandXML module (CVE-2024-31157) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
CVE-2024-28047

Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Vendor Fix For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7043
CVE-2024-31157

Improper initialization in UEFI firmware OutOfBandXML module in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-665 - Improper Initialization
Vendor Fix For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7043
CVE-2024-39279

Insufficient granularity of access control in UEFI firmware in some Intel(R) processors may allow a authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Vendor Fix For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7043
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