CVE-2019-11139

Publication date 12 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

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).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 19.10 eoan
Fixed 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
19.04 disco
Fixed 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes


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This issue only affects processors manufactured by Intel Kernel changes are not needed to mitigate this issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4182-2
    • Intel Microcode update
    • 12 November 2019
    • USN-4182-1
    • Intel Microcode update
    • 12 November 2019

Other references