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CVE-2017-5715 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2017-5715

MEDIUM5.6

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis

Published Jan 4, 2018

Modified 8 months ago

No fix available

Details

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

References

ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00002.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00003.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00004.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00009.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00012.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00013.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.html WEBhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 WEBhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611 WEBhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613 WEBhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4614 WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155281/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-26.mcu.html WEBhttp://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-001.txt WEBhttp://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txt ADVISORYhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653 WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102376 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040071 WEBhttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292 WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution WEBhttps://aws.amazon.com/de/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/WEBhttps://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/WEBhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf WEBhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-002 WEBhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-003 WEBhttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability WEBhttps://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html WEBhttps://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00017.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00025.html WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00019.html WEBhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002 WEBhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/36 WEBhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/16 WEBhttps://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr ADVISORYhttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:03.speculative_execution.asc ADVISORYhttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu.asc ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 WEBhttps://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180104-0001/WEBhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-5715 WEBhttps://spectreattack.com/WEBhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX231399 WEBhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91229003 WEBhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03805en_us WEBhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03871en_us WEBhttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18282 ADVISORYhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180104-cpusidechannel ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3531-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3531-3/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3549-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3560-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3561-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3580-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3594-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3690-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3516-1/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5715 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4120 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 DETECTIONhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43427/ADVISORYhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180049 WEBhttps://www.mitel.com/en-ca/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-18-0001 WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html WEBhttps://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/WEBhttps://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_01 WEBhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0007.html WEBhttps://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html WEBhttps://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0004.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.6

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.6/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 4, 2018

ModifiedMay 6, 2025