Vulnerability CVE-2018-5407
Published: 2018-11-15

Description:
Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

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Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Intel (Skylake / Kaby Lake) PortSmash CPU SMT Side-Channel
Billy Brumley
05.11.2018

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Tenable -> Nessus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Oracle -> Enterprise manager ops center 
Oracle -> Mysql enterprise backup 
Oracle -> Peoplesoft enterprise peopletools 
Oracle -> Primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management 
Oracle -> Tuxedo 
Oracle -> Vm virtualbox 
Oracle -> Api gateway 
Oracle -> Application server 
Oracle -> Enterprise manager base platform 
Openssl -> Openssl 
Nodejs -> Node.js 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105897
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0483
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0651
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf
https://github.com/bbbrumley/portsmash
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-10
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181126-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45785/
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-16
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17
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