Information disclosure in Certain HPE ProLiant DL/ML and MicroServer Servers Using Certain Intel Processors

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU87490

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38575

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel Processors. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11: before 1.44_01-18-2024

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_microserver_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_ml30_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dl20_gen11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00982.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.