CVE-2023-23583

Publication date 14 November 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Benoit Morgan, Paul Grosen, Thais Moreira Hamasaki, Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Hisham Shafi, Nir Shlomovich, Tavis Ormandy, Daniel Moghimi, Josh Eads, Salman Qazi, Alexandra Sandulescu, Andy Nguyen, Eduardo Vela, Doug Kwan, and Kostik Shtoyk discovered that some Intel(R) Processors did not properly handle certain sequences of processor instructions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a core hang (resulting in a denial of service) or gain access to sensitive information or possibly escalate their privileges.

Why is this CVE high priority?

Allows privilege escalation from VM to host or unprivileged user to privileged user.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.20231114.0ubuntu0.23.10.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 3.20231114.0ubuntu0.23.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20231114.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20231114.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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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Patch details

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Package Patch details
intel-microcode

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H