SWAPGS Spectre Side-Channel Vulnerability

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of a vulnerability CVE-2019-1125 known as SWAPGS, which is a variant of Spectre Variant 1—that affects modern computer processors. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive data present in a computer systems' memory...

Meltdown and Spectre Side-Channel Vulnerabilities

US-CERT is aware of a set of security vulnerabilities—known as Meltdown and Spectre—that affect modern computer processors. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Vulnerability Note...