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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5407: Security patch for openssl (ALAS-2019-1188)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 12, 2018
Added
Apr 10, 2019
Modified
Oct 14, 2022

Description

Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-openssl
Title
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