Information Exposure Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package, versions <0:4.5.0-10.amzn2.12.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERQEMU-1672531
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed30 May 2019

Introduced: 30 May 2019

CVE-2018-12127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu to version 0:4.5.0-10.amzn2.12.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1274.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling (MLPDS): Load ports on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf

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