vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-5754: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-939)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jan 3, 2018 | Jan 4, 2018 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 3, 2018
Added
Jan 4, 2018
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
References
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