Description
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
Published: 2013-11-29
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-155-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3128-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6687 The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
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http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/55840 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924 cve-icon cve-icon
http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-82.html cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6885 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6885 cve-icon
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Amd 16h Model 00h Processor 16h Model 0fh Processor 16h Model Processor Firmware
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:53:45.177Z

Reserved: 2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6885

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-29T04:33:29.200

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6885

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6885 - Bugzilla

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