Information Exposure Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <20180525-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
97.52% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELFIRMWARE-2762534
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Aug 2018

Introduced: 3 Aug 2018

CVE-2017-5715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-firmware to version 20180525-3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-firmware package and not the kernel-firmware 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 indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

References

CVSS Scores

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