Upstream information
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a speculative buffer overflow and side-channel analysis.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Running
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.7 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.6 | 7.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local | Local |
| Access Complexity | High | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | None |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Changed | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This issue is actually a bug class, describing potentially affected code patterns that exists in several places throughout the Linux kernel and other software. Various instances of this bug-class are mitigated already by the general mitigation methods for the Spectre Variant 1. Additional fixes will be applied over time. SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1087078 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1087084 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1101008 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 1105488 [NEW] SUSE Security Advisories:- TID000019229, published Mon Mar 9 15:51:20 CET 2020
- TID000019439, published Wed Mar 18 21:51:09 CET 2020
- TID7022512, published Sa 3. Mär 12:01:04 CET 2018
- TID7023075, published Wed Jul 11 12:49:24 UTC 2018
- TID7023836, published Tue May 14 21:38:42 CEST 2019
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP Applications | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Module for Basesystem | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Module for Development Tools | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching | kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_3 | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Released |
