SB2018090635 - Information disclosure in xen (Alpine package)
Published: September 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018090635
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3646)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists on the systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations due to an error in Hypervisor. An adjacent attacker can access information residing in the L1 data cache via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b1098f74cfa616c0046ba6c5f2d032ac2f1d8e02
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3157c8cf385f659174a6d95a9218bc3281359513
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa4aef12fe69b28f195024708e67ea7e48e9fca6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8a2e635d73f2f09c768259b4730dcf3f55d0ed93
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ca1b59327d93bdc40e475877934ab83be23847f1
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=74dce6e0451466b8eb5078660886cc226f9704f4