VMware Tanzu products update for Intel Microcode

1) Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior

EUVDB-ID: #VU82351

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23583

CWE-ID: CWE-1281 - Sequence of Processor Instructions Leads to Unexpected Behavior

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error related to processing of Sequence of processor instructions. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Redis for Pivotal Platform: All versions

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs: All versions

Isolation Segment: All versions

VMware Tanzu Operations Manager: before 3.0.20

External links

http://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-6485-1

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.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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