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IBM AIX: openssl_advisory29 (CVE-2018-5407): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect AIX

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Nov 15, 2018

Added

Dec 12, 2018

Modified

May 6, 2026

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

ibm-aix-openssl_advisory29

References

CVE-2018-5407
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-5407
CWE-200
CWE-203
EUVD-EUVD-2018-17177
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory29.asc
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-17177

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