Information Exposure Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <4.12.14-25.13.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.08% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-2762017
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2018

Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-3620  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-default-extra to version 4.12.14-25.13.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.

References