Intersection of an ellipsoid given by SPD matrix with axes

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Given a SPD matrix $\mathbf{A}$, for example

$\mathbf{A} = \pmatrix{ 5 & 4 \\ 4 & 5}$

defining an ellipsoid $\epsilon_\mathbf{A}$ with semiaxes length given by $\frac{1}{\lambda_i} \mathbf{v}_i$ i.e. the major semiaxis length is defined by the smallest eigenvalue-eigenvector pair, etc.,

how to find the ellipsoid intersections with coordinate axes, i.e. the points

$\mathbf{x} = (x_0, 0)$

and

$\mathbf{y} = (0, y_0)$?