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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2018-3665)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2018-3665)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/21/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/10/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

System software utilizing Lazy FP state restore technique on systems using Intel Core-based microprocessors may potentially allow a local process to infer data from another process through a speculative execution side channel.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-004-el-capitan
  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-004-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_6

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