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CVE-2019-11139 json

Improper conditions check in the voltage modulation interface for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-2843

cvss
6.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • intel-microcode Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.20191112.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11139

  • intel-microcode Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.20191112-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11139

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • microcode_ctl RHEL 8 4:20190618-1.20191112.1.el8_1
  • microcode_ctl RHEL 8.0 E4S 4:20180807a-2.20191112.1.el8_0

red hat advisories RHEA-2020:0635RHEA-2019:3845

  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 20191115-3.3.1
  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +13 more 20191112a-13.56.1
  • ucode-intel SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 20191112a-3.13.2
  • ucode-intel SLE Module for Basesystem 15 20191112a-3.31.1
  • microcode_ctl SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.17-102.83.50.1
  • microcode_ctl SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.17-102.83.47.1
  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +15 more 20191112-13.53.1
  • ucode-intel SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 20191112-3.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:3091-1SUSE-SU-2019:2988-1SUSE-SU-2019:2987-1SUSE-SU-2019:2986-1SUSE-SU-2019:14220-1SUSE-SU-2019:14217-1

  • ucode-intel openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210608-1.2
  • ucode-intel openSUSE Leap 15.1 20191112a-lp151.2.12.1
  • ucode-intel openSUSE Leap 15.0 20191112a-lp150.2.33.1
  • ucode-intel openSUSE Leap 15.1 20191112-lp151.2.9.1
  • ucode-intel openSUSE Leap 15.0 20191112-lp150.2.30.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11478-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2528-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2527-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2509-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2504-1

  • intel-ucode Arch Linux 20191112-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1068

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11139 updated cvss 5.8

hw: voltage modulation technical advisory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 microcode_ctl
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “As of this time there are no known mitigations. Please install relevant updated packages to address this flaw.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 microcode_ctl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 microcode_ctl
    affected: workaround, no fix available “As of this time there are no known mitigations. Please install relevant updated packages to address this flaw.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) microcode_ctl 20190618-1.20191112.1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix “As of this time there are no known mitigations. Please install relevant updated packages to address this flaw.” RHEA-2019:3845

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors Voltage Setting Modulation

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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