SB2021081049 - Information disclosure in AMD Secure Encryption Virtualization (SEV)
Published: August 10, 2021 Updated: July 12, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021081049
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) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12966)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a Ciphertext side channel attack on ECC and DH operations in the Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Encrypted State (SEV-ES)
and Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP). A local user with control over hypervisor can obtain sensitive data from the guest OS.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.