New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU, Leak Encryption Keys and Data

Researchers have discovered two novel attack methods targeting high-performance Intel CPUs that could be exploited to stage a key recovery attack against the Advanced Encryption Standard AES algorithm. The techniques have been collectively dubbed Pathfinder by a group of academics from the...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:7749)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7749 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: use-after-free vulnerability i...

Exploiting the Conditional Branch Predictor

AMD ID: AMD-SB-7015 Potential Impact: N/A Severity: N/A Summary Researchers from the University of California San Diego have shared with AMD a paper titled “Pathfinder: High-Resolution Control-Flow Attacks Exploiting the Conditional Branch Predictor” that explores methods for forcing a branch...

RHEL 8 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2024:2005)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2005 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Return Address...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

VMware ESXi 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0020)

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 6.5, 6.7 or 7.0 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, as follows: - Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with...

Information Disclosure

intel-microcode is vulnerable to information disclosure. The vulnerability is due to non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts, which may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

ALPINE-CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

SUSE CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

Medium: microcode_ctl

Issue Overview: Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel® Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. CVE-2023-38575 Protection mechanism failure of bus lock regulator for some Intel® Processors m...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38575

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...