Medium
Canonical Ubuntu
Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) feature of some Intel processors allowed a side- channel attack based on power consumption measurements. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-8695)
Ezra Caltum, Joseph Nuzman, Nir Shildan and Ofir Joseff discovered that some Intel® Processors did not properly remove sensitive information before storage or transfer in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-8696)
Ezra Caltum, Joseph Nuzman, Nir Shildan and Ofir Joseff discovered that some Intel® Processors did not properly isolate shared resources in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-8698)
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2020-8698, CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8695.
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
2020-12-11: Initial vulnerability report published.