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HistoryJan 23, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2018-01-2300:00:00
ubuntu.com
44

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.976 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 17.10

Packages

  • linux - Linux kernel

Details

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative
execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory
reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A
local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information,
including kernel memory. This update provides mitigations for the
i386 (CVE-2017-5753 only), amd64, ppc64el, and s390x architectures.
(CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753)

USN-3523-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) for the amd64
architecture in Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding
mitigations for the ppc64el architecture. Original advisory details:

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative
execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory
reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including
kernel memory. (CVE-2017-5754)