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SUSE: CVE-2020-8698: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-8698: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/11/2020
Created
11/14/2020
Added
11/12/2020
Modified
06/01/2021

Description

Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-microcode_ctl
  • suse-upgrade-ucode-intel

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