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IBM AIX: power9_advisory (CVE-2020-4788): Vulnerability in IBM POWER9 affects AIX

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Nov 19, 2020

Added

Nov 20, 2020

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

IBM Power9 (AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1) processors could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from the data in the L1 cache under extenuating circumstances. IBM X-Force ID: 189296.

Solution

ibm-aix-power9_advisory

References

CVE-2020-4788
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-4788
EUVD-EUVD-2020-26035
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/power9_advisory.asc
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-26035

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