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CVE-2018-3620 Detail

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 via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.6 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24163 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180815-01-cpu-en Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105080 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041451 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0021.html Third Party Advisory 
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-273.html Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2387 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2388 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2389 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2391 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2392 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2393 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2394 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2396 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2402 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2403 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2404 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2602
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2603
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254686.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf
https://foreshadowattack.eu/ Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00029.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00017.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V4UWGORQWCENCIF2BHWUEF2ODBV75QS2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XRFKQWYV2H4BV75CUNGCGE5TNVQCLBGZ/
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180018
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0009 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:09.l1tf.asc Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180815-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/software-guidance/l1-terminal-fault Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K95275140 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03874en_us Third Party Advisory 
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180814-cpusidechannel Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3823-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4274
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4279
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00161.html Vendor Advisory 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/982149
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_45 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-3620
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Intel Corporation