vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-5754: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-939)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 4, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 27, 2024

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.

Solutions

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Title
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