Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20183639000
Revision Date:2018-05-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-3639 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-3639
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'intel-microcode' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.20180807a.0ubuntu0.14.04.1').
  • OR The 'libvirt' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.27').
  • OR The 'linux' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.13.0-149.199').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1022.22').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-127.153~14.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'qemu' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.42').
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