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Ubuntu: USN-3840-1 (CVE-2018-5407): OpenSSL vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3840-1 (CVE-2018-5407): OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/12/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/21/2018
Modified
03/09/2021

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-0-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-1

References

  • USN-3840-1
  • DSA-4348
  • DSA-4355
  • CVE-2018-5407

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