Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release Affecting iwl2030-firmware package, versions <0:18.168.6.1-62.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
90.98% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-IWL2030FIRMWARE-9463703
  • published18 Mar 2025
  • disclosed3 Jan 2018

Introduced: 3 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-5715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 iwl2030-firmware to version 0:18.168.6.1-62.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHEA-2018:0874.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iwl2030-firmware package and not the iwl2030-firmware package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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