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Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2023 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2023-23908

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20intel-ucode20230808-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-23908
Alpine:v3.21intel-ucode20230808-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-23908
Alpine:v3.22intel-ucode20230808-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-23908
Alpine:v3.23intel-ucode20230808-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-23908
Alpine:v3.24intel-ucode20230808-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-23908
Debian:12intel-microcode3.20230808.1~deb12u1DSA-5474-1
Debian:12intel-microcode3.20230808.1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23908
Debian:13intel-microcode3.20230808.1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23908
Debian:14intel-microcode3.20230808.1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23908
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20230808.0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6286-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20230808.0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23908
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20230808.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23908

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors See references

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References