CVE-2019-11139
Published: 12 November 2019
Improper conditions check in the voltage modulation interface for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that certain Intel Xeon processors did not properly restrict access to a voltage modulation interface. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 6.0
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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intel-microcode Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(3.20191112-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
|
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(3.20191112-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(3.20191112-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | This issue only affects processors manufactured by Intel Kernel changes are not needed to mitigate this issue |