Upstream information
Description
Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Ignore
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 | 1.2 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low | High |
| Authentication | None | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | Ignore |
