Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-40982 |
CWE-ID | CWE-1342 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 Plus Hardware solutions / Firmware HPE SimpliVity 170r Gen10 Server Hardware solutions / Firmware HPE SimpliVity 190r Gen10 Server Hardware solutions / Firmware HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H Hardware solutions / Firmware HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G Hardware solutions / Firmware HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 Hardware solutions / Firmware |
Vendor | HPE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU79262
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40982
CWE-ID:
CWE-1342 - Information Exposure through Microarchitectural State after Transient Execution
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way data is shared between threads whereby the AVX GATHER instructions on Intel processors can forward the content of stale vector registers to dependent instructions. A malicious guest can infer data from different contexts on the same core and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsHPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 Plus: before 2023_0913
HPE SimpliVity 170r Gen10 Server: before 2023_0913
HPE SimpliVity 190r Gen10 Server: before 2023_0913
HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H: before 2023_0913
HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G: before 2023_0913
HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10: before 2023_0913
External linkshttp://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbhf04561en_us
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.