| Revision Date: | 2018-01-04 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2017-5754 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - critical. | | Description: | 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 of the data cache. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2017-5754
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed. AND Package Information
The 'firefox' package in bionic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.13.0-25.29').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure-edge' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.18.0-1004.4~18.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gcp' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in bionic is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.18.0-11.12~18.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-kvm' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-oem' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1002.3').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in bionic is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1006.7').
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