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<h1>Security update for ucode-intel</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2023:4493-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215278">bsc#1215278</a>
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Cross-References:
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23583.html">CVE-2023-23583</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-23583</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20231114 release. (bsc#1215278)</li>
<li>CVE-2023-23583: Fixed potential CPU deadlocks or privilege escalation. (bsc#1215278)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Please reboot the system after installing this update.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4493=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4493=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4493=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ucode-intel-debuginfo-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-debugsource-20231114-131.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ucode-intel-debuginfo-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-debugsource-20231114-131.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ucode-intel-debuginfo-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-20231114-131.1</li>
<li>ucode-intel-debugsource-20231114-131.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23583.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23583.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215278">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215278</a>
</li>
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