Information Exposure Affecting spectre-meltdown-checker package, versions <0.44-3.6.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
94.3% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-SPECTREMELTDOWNCHECKER-2665462
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Aug 2021

Introduced: 27 Aug 2021

CVE-2017-5753  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 spectre-meltdown-checker to version 0.44-3.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spectre-meltdown-checker package and not the spectre-meltdown-checker package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and 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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