Information Exposure Affecting intel-ucode package, versions <20190514a-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
87.62% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-INTELUCODE-8483902
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed4 Jan 2018

Introduced: 4 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-5754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 intel-ucode to version 20190514a-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream intel-ucode package and not the intel-ucode package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.

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