PT-2018-2020 · Intel+8 · Intel Processors+8
Publicado
2018-08-29
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Atualizado
2024-06-15
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CVE-2018-5407
CVSS v2.0
4.9
Média
| Vetor | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel processors of Skylake and Kaby Lake architectures (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors, which can be exploited by local users via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to reveal protected information. The PortSmash side-channel attack can be used to leak encrypted data from the CPU's internal processes by running a malicious process next to legitimate processes using the architecture's parallel thread running capabilities.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
LPE
Side Channel Attack
Information Disclosure
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Produtos afetados
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Suse
Ubuntu
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