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Debian: CVE-2023-20569: amd64-microcode, linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-20569: amd64-microcode, linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/08/2023
Created
08/14/2023
Added
08/14/2023
Modified
09/20/2023

Description

A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled?address, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-amd64-microcode
  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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