vulnerability
VMSA-2018-0020: VMware vSphere, Workstation, and Fusion updates enable Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for L1 Terminal Fault - VMM vulnerability (CVE-2018-3646)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Aug 14, 2018 | Aug 17, 2018 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 14, 2018
Added
Aug 17, 2018
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.
Solutions
vmware-esxi55-upgrade-9313066vmware-esxi60-upgrade-8967301vmware-esxi65-upgrade-9298722vmware-esxi67-upgrade-9484548
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