MGASA-2019-0207 - Updated microcode package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 10 Jul 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0207.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6, 7
CVE: CVE-2019-9836

Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)
Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP)
0.17 build 11 and earlier has an insecure cryptographic implementation.
This update provides Amd SEV Firmware to 0.17 build 22 (CVE-2019-9836). 

It also updates the Intel Microcode for the following:
* SNB-E/EN/EP C1/M0 6-2d-6/6d 0000061d->0000061f Xeon E3/E5, Core X
* SNB-E/EN/EP C2/M1 6-2d-7/6d 00000714->00000718 Xeon E3/E5, Core X

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25053
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9836

SRPMS:
- 6/nonfree/microcode-0.20190618-1.mga6.nonfree
- 7/nonfree/microcode-0.20190618-1.mga7.nonfree

Mageia 2019-0207: microcode security update

Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP) 0.17 build 11 and earlier has an insecure...

Summary

Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP) 0.17 build 11 and earlier has an insecure cryptographic implementation. This update provides Amd SEV Firmware to 0.17 build 22 (CVE-2019-9836).
It also updates the Intel Microcode for the following: * SNB-E/EN/EP C1/M0 6-2d-6/6d 0000061d->0000061f Xeon E3/E5, Core X * SNB-E/EN/EP C2/M1 6-2d-7/6d 00000714->00000718 Xeon E3/E5, Core X

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25053

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9836

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0207 - Updated microcode package fixes security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/nonfree/microcode-0.20190618-1.mga6.nonfree

- 7/nonfree/microcode-0.20190618-1.mga7.nonfree

Severity
Publication date: 10 Jul 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0207.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9836

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