vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-5407: ELSA-2019-0483: openssl security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 30, 2018
Added
Aug 15, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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'.
A microprocessor side-channel vulnerability was found on SMT (e.g, Hyper-Threading) architectures. An attacker running a malicious process on the same core of the processor as the victim process can extract certain secret information.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-openssloracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-develoracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-perloracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-staticoracle-linux-upgrade-ovmf
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