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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2017-5754)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2017-5754)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/05/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/05/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

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(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-001-el-capitan
  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-001-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_2

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