SB2018061607 - Fedora 27 update for xen
Published: June 16, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018061607
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Side-channel attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3665)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to utilizing the Lazy FP state restore technique for floating point state when context switching between application processes. A local attacker can conduct cache side-channel attacks and determine register values of other processes.
Note: This vulnerability is known as LazyFP.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.